灸法防治原发性肝癌的临床与实验研究进展

原发性肝癌是发病率和死亡率最高的恶性肿瘤之一。中医学认为,灸法具有较好的提高免疫力的作用,特别是对于"癥瘕积聚"类肿瘤疾病有独特的优势。该文从艾灸防治原发性肝癌的临床与实验研究两方面,就近年来有关文献进行总结。通过分析灸法在抑制肿瘤生长,缓解临床症状,改善放化疗不良反应和提高机体免疫力等方面的作用,发现应用灸法防治原发性肝癌疗效确切。建议今后的研究中进一步提高临床研究质量,加强系统化研究以明确作用机制。

Clinical and Experimental Study on Moxibustion in Prevention and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer

Primary liver cancer is one of the diseases that have the highest incidence and mortality rate.Moxibustion has a good effect on enhancing immune ability,especially in the treatment of tumor and cancer belonging to accumulation type based on the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine.This paper summarized related literatures about the clinical and experimental studies on moxibustion in the prevention and treatment of primary liver cancer in recent years.It analyzed the effect of moxibustion in suppressing tumor growth,relieving clinical symptoms,improving side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and enhancing immunity.Moxibustion showed definite effect in preventing and curing primary liver cancer.But we need to strengthen the systematical research,enhance clinical research quality,and further clarify its mechanism in the future researches.