Co-antitumor effect and hepatic protection of melatonin on advanced primary liver cancer treated by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
- VernacularTitle:褪黑素对中晚期肝癌肝动脉化疗栓塞的协同和保护作用
- Author:
Jianjun YAN
;
Feng SHEN
;
Kui WANG
;
Mengchao WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
liver neoplasms;
melatonin;
infusion,intra-arterial;
interleukin-2
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
2001;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To observe the co-antitumor effect and hepatic protection of melatonin on unresectable advanced primary liver cancer treated by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). Methods:One hundred and forty patients with unresectable advanced primary liver cancer were divided into 2 groups at random, seventy patients received TACE alone while the other 70 patients were treated by TACE+Mel (20 mg/d at 8:00 P.M orally, 7 d before each TACE and lasted for 21 d). Results: The partly resolution rate of TACE and TACE+Mel were 12.86% and 22.86% respectively( P
