Combined therapy of brain metastasis in lung cancer

Abstract

In order to confirm the anti-carcinoma effect of 10% Brucea javanica emulsion, 68 cases of brain metastasis as a complication of lung cancer were randomly divided into 2 groups. One group was treated with radiotherapy alone, the other was treated with a combination of radiotherapy and intravenous injection of 10% Brucea javanica emulsion. The results showed that the median survival duration (15 months in the test group, 10 months in the control group) and the quality of life of the patients in the combined (test) group was much better than in the radiotherapy alone (control) group. The results suggest the 10% Brucea javanica emulsion exhibits a synergic action with the radiotherapy in the treatment of brain-metastasis as a complication of lung cancer. © 1995, The Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Press. All rights reserved.