[Clinical study on treatment of chemo- or radiotherapy induced leukopenia with fuzheng compound]

The therapeutic effect of Fuzhen Compound, a Chinese herbal medicine, on leukocyte count in 59 patients with cancer of advanced stage after chemo-or radiotherapy were observed. Among 41 cases with leukopenia before treatment, leukocyte of 37 cases were normalized after treatment, the count pre-and post-treatment were (2.8 +/- 0.6) x 10(9)/L and (5.9 +/- 1.4) x 10(9)/L respectively (P < 0.01). In 18 patients with normal leukocyte count before treatment, the counts of 17 cases were still kept in normal after treatment. The time for leukcoyte recovering was 8.0 days in average, while that of 23 patients did not take Fuzhen Compound was 20.6 +/- 1.8 days. The results indicated that the Fuzhen Compound could alleviate the inhibition of chemo-or radiotherapy on hemopoietic function of bone marrow and has leukocytogenic effect.