Therapeutic effects of perfusing compound salvia miltiorrhiza injection through the hepatic artery in the late stage of hepatocarcinoma

Abstract

In the treatment of 20 patients with advanced hepatocarcinoma, whose conditions worsened after chemotherapy, with hepatic artery intubation, by injection of Compound Salvia Miltiorrhiza through the hepatic artery, it can be seen that their signs were relaxed and tumor masses were diminished and biochemical indices were improved. The test group had a 65% rate of general efficiency, while the control group had only 25%. There is a significant difference (P<0.01) between the two groups. Therefore the method of treatment for such patients is thought to be worthy of being further studied.