The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회지)
- Volume 29 Issue 3
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- Pages.827-834
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- 2008
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- 1226-9174(pISSN)
Tumor Regression Effect of Allergen-removed Rhus Verniciflua Stokes based Traditional Korean Medicine on a Patient with Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma : Single Case Report
전이성 유두상 갑상선암 환자를 대상으로 투여한 알러젠 제거 옻나무 추출물의 종양 소퇴 1례
- Lee, Jin-Soo (M.u integrative Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center) ;
- Jerng, Ui-Min (M.u integrative Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center) ;
- Jeong, Jong-Soo (M.u integrative Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center) ;
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Park, Jae-Woo
(3rd Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-hee University) ;
- Jung, Hyun-Sik (M.u integrative Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center) ;
- Yoon, Seong-Woo (M.u integrative Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center)
- 이진수 (경희대학교 동서신의학병원 M.u 통합암센터) ;
- 정의민 (경희대학교 동서신의학병원 M.u 통합암센터) ;
- 정종수 (경희대학교 동서신의학병원 M.u 통합암센터) ;
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박재우
(경희대학교 한의과대학 비계내과학교실) ;
- 정현식 (경희대학교 동서신의학병원 M.u 통합암센터) ;
- 윤성우 (경희대학교 동서신의학병원 M.u 통합암센터)
- Published : 2008.09.30
Abstract
Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. It has better prognosis and rarer incidence of distant metastasis than other types of thyroid malignancy. However, once distant metastasis happens, its result will be bad. They mostly spread to the lungs and bones. and rarely to the brain. We report a patient with a papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis to the lymph nodes. the ribs. the brain, and the lungs. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy, radioiodine ablation, rib partial resection, and lung wedge resection. However, upon progress of metastasis. the patient insisted on being treated with traditional Korean medical treatment using allergen-removed Rhus Verniciflua Stokes (A-RVS) instead of the conventional treatment including chemotherapy. The size of the tumor partly decreased, and the patient showed no side effects. This case report brings forth the importance of a thorough study in papillary thyroid carcinomas and their metastasis from the traditional Korean medical point of view, along with the long-term effect of allergen-removed Rhus Verniciflua Stokes (A-RVS).