| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國醫藥大學 === 中醫學系碩士班 === 99 === The morbidity and mortality rate of cancer are still high. Radiotherapy is the major method for cancer treatment in modern medicine. However, the cell damage caused by radiotherapy will result in certain degree of adverse effects. The manifestations of the adverse effects are in relation with the radiation methods, dosage and the constitution of the patients. Thus, this study aimed to explore the constitution changes of the cancer patients before and after receiving radiotherapy.
This study was conducted from March 01, 2008 to November 11, 2009. Forty-six patients with different cancer diagnosis were observed in the outpatient department of Radiation Oncology in Tri-service General Hospital. The patients’ constitution was evaluated by body constitution questionnaire (BCQ) and their adverse effects were assessed by grading table made by RTOG.
The result revealed the scores of Yin-Xu, Yang-Xu and Stasis constitution all elevated after radiotherapy. There was no significant correlation between the severity of adverse effects and total dose of radiation; but the severity of adverse effects was significantly correlated with the score of Stasis constitution and the change of Yin-Xu constitution score.
Our results implies that the patient’ constitution will change after radiotherapy and has correlation with the severity of adverse effects. Therefore, the patients’ adverse effects may be prevented by adjusting their constitution.
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