Protective effects of hydrogen gas inhalation on radiation-induced bone marrow damage in cancer patients: a retrospective observational study.
Shin-Ichi Hirano, Yukimasa Aoki, Xiao-Kang Li, Naotsugu Ichimaru, Shiro Takahara, Yoshiyasu Takefuji · Medical gas research · 2021
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In contrast, H₂ gas treatment significantly alleviates the reducing effects of white blood cells and platelets (P = 0.0011 and P = 0.0275, respectively). These findings come from a laboratory model and suggest molecular hydrogen's biological potential. Further research is needed to determine clinical relevance.
What the Researchers Tested
Laboratory experiment
How Molecular Hydrogen Was Used
After each time of IMRT, the patients of control group (n = 7, 3 men and 4 women, age range: 26-70 years) received mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy in health care chamber for 30 minutes, and the patients of H₂ group (n = 16, 8 men and 8 women, age range: 35-82 years) received 5% H₂ gas in health care chamber for 30 minutes once per day.
What Molecular Hydrogen Changed
In contrast, H₂ gas treatment significantly alleviates the reducing effects of white blood cells and platelets (P = 0.0011 and P = 0.0275, respectively).
Authors’ Conclusion
These findings come from a laboratory model and suggest molecular hydrogen's biological potential. Further research is needed to determine clinical relevance.