Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, adverse reactions and changes in quality of life in patients with advanced hepatic malignant tumors, including primary hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic liver tumor after three-dimensional conformal/conformal intensity modulated radiotherapy. Methods: From June 2015 to December 2018, 126 patients with advanced liver tumors were treated with three-dimensional conformal/conformal intensity modulated radiotherapy in NanJing Second Hospital. The short-term efficacy, adverse reactions and changes in quality of life after radiotherapy were prospectively studied. The EORTC QLQ-C30 scale was used to dynamically evaluate quality of life of patients before and immediately after radiotherapy, 3and 6 months after radiotherapy, and the survival rates were calculated athalf a year and one year. Results: 3 months after radiotherapy, complete response 4 case (3.2%), partial response 57 cases (49.2%), stable disease 29 cases (23.0%), progressive disease 36 cases (28.6%), objective remission rate 48.4%, disease control rate 71.4%. The 6-months and 1-year survival rates were 66.7% and 17.5% respectively, median survival time was 6.8 months, the main adverse reactions were fatigue, loss of appetite, abnormal liver function and ascites. Compared with before radiotherapy, the global health status score decreased at the end of radiotherapy(P=0.007). Compared with baseline, the Global health status score of QLQ-C30 improved by 32.5%, 37.5%, deteriorated by 22.5%, 27.5% and remained stable by 45% and 35% in 3 and 6 months after radiotherapy. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the short-term efficacy, ECOG score, the number of intrahepatic lesions and the bioequivalent dose of radiotherapy had statistical significance on quality of life of patients after radiotherapy. Conclusion: Palliative radiotherapy is helpful to rapidly reduce the burden of advanced liver malignant tumors with low adverse reactions. The quality of life of patients increased significantly in 3 months after radiotherapy. |
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