Antibiotic Fights Lymphoma of Eye Linked to Chlamydia抗生素打架淋巴瘤的眼睛聯繫在一起的衣原體

The antibiotic doxycycline is proving an effective treatment for a lymphoma of the eye linked to chlamydia infection, Italian researchers report.抗生素強力黴素被證明是有效的治療方法為淋巴瘤的眼睛聯繫在一起的衣原體感染,意大利研究人員的報告。

This cancer of the eyelids and related tissues is called "ocular adnexal lymphoma of the MALT-type" (OAL).這種癌症的眼瞼和相關組織,是所謂的“眼附屬器淋巴瘤的麥芽型” ( oal ) 。 It isn't fatal but can affect a patient's quality of life.這是不是致命的,但可以影響病人的生活質量。 Previous research had suggested an association between OAL and infection with the Chlamydia bacterium.以前的研究曾建議協會之間的oal和感染與衣原體細菌。

This study, published in the Oct. 4 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, included 27 OAL patients treated with doxycycline for three weeks.這一研究結果發表在10月4日問題的Journal of the國立癌症研究所,其中包括27 oal治療強力黴素,為期三週。

Researchers suggested that the antibiotic may prove useful even in OAL patients where other treatments have failed.研究人員建議,抗生素可能會證明是有用的,即使在oal患者,而其他治療方法都失敗了。 The drug also offers patients an alternative to chemotherapy and radiation, which can cause serious side effects.毒品還提供病人的替代化療和放療,可引起嚴重的副作用。

For More information : The American Cancer Society has more about eye cancer. 更多信息:美國癌症協會有更多關於眼癌。

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