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A Case Report of Symptom Improvement in Stage IV Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treated with a Korean Medicine-based Integrative Cancer Treatment

전이성 4기 대장암 환자의 한의기반 통합암치료를 통한 증상 호전 증례보고

  • Kim, Jong-hee (East West Cancer Center, Seoul Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Park, Ji-hye (East West Cancer Center, Seoul Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Oh, Hyeon-muk (East West Cancer Center, Daejeon Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Park, So-jung (East West Cancer Center, Daejeon Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University) ;
  • Yoo, Hwa-seung (East West Cancer Center, Seoul Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University)
  • 김종희 (대전대학교 서울한방병원 동서암센터) ;
  • 박지혜 (대전대학교 서울한방병원 동서암센터) ;
  • 오현묵 (대전대학교 대전한방병원 동서암센터) ;
  • 박소정 (대전대학교 대전한방병원 동서암센터) ;
  • 유화승 (대전대학교 서울한방병원 동서암센터)
  • Received : 2020.11.24
  • Accepted : 2020.12.17
  • Published : 2020.12.30
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Abstract

Objective: This case report shows symptom improvements in stage IV metastatic colorectal cancer treated with a Korean medicine-based integrative cancer treatment (ICT). Methods: A 61-year-old male patient diagnosed with colorectal cancer in November 2017 and metastasis to the lung, peritoneum, and liver in September 2020 was treated with Integrative Cancer Treatment (ICT) for abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort, and anorexia for 1 month. Clinical outcomes were measured with the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (NCI-CTCAE), a numeral rating (NRS), the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) scales. Results: After treatment, the patient's abdominal pain was improved from NRS 8 to 1, and the ECOG score of the patient was improved from grade 3 to 2. Integrative Cancer Treatment. Also the score improved on the FACT-G test, and there were no serious side effects of grade 3 or higher according to the NCI-CTCAE. Conclusion: This case study suggests that Korean medicine-based ICT may help to improve abdominal pain and quality of life in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

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