The Relationship Between Uygur Dialectical Type And Chemoradiation Effects In Patients With Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Objective: According to the theory of Uygur dialectical type from China, the cancer was divided into two types: abnormal Savda and non-abnormal Savda. Thus the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between different Uygur dialectical type and chemoradiation effects of patients with advanced esophageal cancer. Methods: 300 patients with IIIB-IV staging was enrolled and diagnosed by Uygur dialectical type theory before and after therapy. During six months’ follow-up, they would be reappraisal by dialectical type theory above while observing their symptom, CT scan and so on. Results: 284 patients were recruited and all of them received chemoradiotherapy. The Abnormal Savda was the major type of patients both before(81.05%, 72.92% and 78.49% in Han, Uygur and Kazak patients respectively) and after(90.53%, 86.46% and 91.40% respectively) therapy without statistically significant difference among the ethnic groups(2? =1.895, P>0.05; 2? =1.399, P>0.05). And patients of Abnormal Savda was always related with their emotion, dietary habit and living environment. While there is no difference between Abnormal Savda and non-Abnormal Savda in terms of short-term effects(Z =2.286, P<0.05). The progressing rate was 51.82% VS 39.06% and effective rate 6.82% VS 17.19%. The Abnormal Savda increased after therapy(2? =15.209, P<0.05). Conclusion: The Abnormal Savda was the major type of patients with advanced esophageal cancer. The evaluation of Uygur dialectical type could become a method to estimate patients’ short-term effects after chemoradiotherapy.