Sapylin and cisplatin for malignant pleural effusion of 40 Cases.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Sapylin and cisplatin for malignant pleural effusion of 40 Cases [Abstract] Objective To Chashapeilin cisplatin in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion patients. Methods 80 patients with massive pleural effusion in advanced cancer patients were randomly divided into 2 groups 40 patients in the combination group were treated with sand culture Lin cisplatin indwelling tube into the chest retained by the treatment with cisplatin alone and cisplatin indwelling chest tube into the reservation by the treatment. Results The 15 cases of complete remission, partial remission in 21 patients, cisplatin group 7 cases of complete remission, partial remission 19 patients, two groups was statistically significant difference (P lt;0.05. Karnofasky combined group strength and chest pain scores were superior to cisplatin and clinical benefit from the combination group was 40.0%, higher than that of cisplatin in cisplatin 17.5 % (all P lt;0.05. Conclusion sapylin and cisplatin for malignant pleural effusion have significant effect and improve the patient’s quality of life. [Keywords:] Sapylin, cisplatin, malignant pleural effusion With advanced malignant pleural effusion is a common complication of cancer patients, 46% to 64% of patients with pleural effusion caused by malignant tumors. Effective control of malignant pleural effusion of cancer patients to reduce pain, improve quality of life has the importance of palliative care is an important part of the tumor [1]. We used thoracic cavity closed drainage and injection of Sapylin cisplatin treatment of 40 cases with malignant pleural effusions of advanced cancer patients, and achieved a certain effect, is the results reported below. 1 Data and methods 1.1 Case and Grouping We select from April 2005 to October 2007 in our department 80 cases of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer, were confirmed by pathology or cytology of advanced cancer, B-shows are a large number of pleur