Clinical application of Chinese medicine combined with high dose interferon in postoperative adjuvant therapy of malignant melanoma of the skin / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of Chinese medicine combined with large dose interferon in the postoperative adjuvant therapy of malignant melanoma of the skin.Methods A high dose of interferon alpha-2b (GanLeneng) (1200 IU/per day) was used in 20 cases of malignant melanoma of skin for 7 days.One course of treatment was 3 months,8 consecutive courses of treatment and traditional Chinese medicine (0.25 g) were administered 1 hour before meals,2 times a day,taking three weeks per month.Results One patient in 20 cases of patients did not receive timely treatment and resulted in death.The remaining patients were were still live from 2012 to the present.Local and distant metastasis lesions disappeared during the course of treatment.Conclusions Traditional Chinese medicine combined with high-dose interferon in cutaneous malignant melanoma as adjuvant treatment plays an important role.