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Case of Complete Remission of Breast Cancer Metastasized to Lung Treated by Traditional Korean Therapy  

Han, Jae Bok (Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
Ha, Tai Hyoun (Soram Korean Medicine Hospital)
Kim, Sung Su (Soram Korean Medicine Hospital)
Seong, Shin (Soram Korean Medicine Hospital)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.27, no.6, 2013 , pp. 818-822 More about this Journal
Abstract
This report is aimed to investigate the effect of Traditional Korean Therapy (TKT) in treating recurred breast cancer metastasized to lung. A 53-year-old woman who was diagnosed as left breast cancer and underwent surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in early 2009 was admitted for the treatment of recurred, metastatic lung cancer in late 2012. She was treated with TKT including acupuncture, moxibustion and pharmacopuncture. The effect was evaluated with positron emission tomogram and computed tomogram (PET-CT). The metastatic tumors in both lungs were disappeared after the treatment for about 2 months. These results suggest that TKT is a therapeutic method to treat metastatic lung cancer originated from breast cancer.
Keywords
Breast Cancer; Cordyceps Sinensis; Metastatic Lung Cancer; Pharmacopuncture; Traditional Korean Therapy; Wild Ginseng;
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