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Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of compound kushen injectionn and chemotherapy in improving the life quality of patients who have gastric cancer. Methods: 40 patients of gastric cancer were rondomly devide into two groups. 20 cases in the observation group were treated with FOLFOX chemotherapy and compound kushen injectionn, the other in the control group were treated with FOLFOX chemotherapy only. The Clinical symptoms, Karnofsky score, QLQ-C30, weights, pain, and the occurrence of hematological toxicity were studied after three cycles of chemotherapy. Results: The clinical symptoms, performance status, pain, general health status, weights ,less side effect of nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and hematological toxicity in the observation group were better than the contral group.But there were no significantly difference in the physical function, social function, emotional function , fatigue, appetite loss in the two groups. The role function, cognitive function, difficulty of breathing, insomnia, and economic difficulties were no significand improve in the two groups. Conclusion: Compound kushen injectionn combined with FOLFOX chemotherapy can improve symptoms, performance status, reduce the side effects of chemotherapy-induced, and improve the life’s quality of patients.
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