The research of the brucea javanica oil emulsion combined with the whole radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastasis

Abstract

Objective To compare the efficacy between the brucea javanica oil emulsion combined with the whole radiotherapy group (treatment group) and only radiotherapy group (control group) in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases.Methods The clinical data of 53 non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastasis were retrospectively reviewed,including 27 cases in treatment group and 26 cases in control group.Results The remission rates were 77.8 ％ (21/27) and 69.2 ％ (18/26) respectively in treatment group and control group.The improvement rates of Kamofsky in the treatment group and control group were 66.7 ％ (18/27) and 30.8 ％ (8/26),the stable rates were 22.2 ％ (6/27) and 30.8 ％ (8/26),the decrease rates were 11.1％ (3/27) and 38.5 ％ (10/26).The remission rates of clinical sympotoms were 92.6 ％ (25/27) and 69.2 ％ (18/26) respectively in treatment group and control group.The difference of remission rate between two groups has no statistic significance (P ＞ 0.05),while the difference of the quality of life and clinical sympotoms between two groups were significant respectively (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The brucea javanica oil emulsion combined with the whole radiotherapy can relieve clinical sympotoms and improve the quality of life of patients,and may play a role on improving the effect of radiotherapy. Key words: Carcinoma, non-small-lung; Brucea javanica oil emulsion; Radiotherapy; Neoplasms brain metastasis