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http://dx.doi.org/10.15432/JKTO.2021.26.1.017

A Survey on Clinical Practice Patterns of Patients with Cancer at Korean Medical Hospitals for Korean Medicine Cancer Registry  

Yoon, Jee-Hyun (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Korean Medicine Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong)
Park, Su Bin (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Eun Hye (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
Lee, Jee Young (Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation)
Yoon, Seong Woo (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Korean Medicine Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong)
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Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology / v.26, no.1, 2021 , pp. 17-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate which information of cancer patients should be collected for the Korean medicine cancer registry in order to assess the efficacy and safety of Korean medicine (KM) treatment and to identify Korean medical prognostic predictors. Methods: A total of fifteen Korean medical specialists completed an online survey questionnaire including items about general characteristics of cancer patients and clinical practice patterns. Results: The four main types of cancer at Korean medical hospitals were breast, lung, stomach, and colorectal cancer. The majority of patients with cancer at Korean medical hospitals were in the advanced or metastatic stage (50.0%). The prominent purposes of KM treatment were to alleviate cancer-related symptoms, reduce the side effects of conventional therapy, and improve quality of life. The major options for treatment were traditional herbal medicine (THM), acupuncture, moxibustion, thermotherapy, pharmacoacupuncture, and meditation, with THM being the most frequently used (35.7%). Almost all Korean medical specialists (93.9%) used syndrome differentiation in clinical practice and identified over half the cancer patients as deficiency syndrome (57.2%). Conclusion: Physicians considered the primary goal of KM treatment for cancer patients to be symptom management since advanced or metastatic stage patients were the majority at Korean medical hospitals. THM were the most common treatment option and syndrome differentiation was used by almost all physicians. Further research is needed to monitor and ensure optimal KM treatment for patients with cancer.
Keywords
Korean medicine; Clinical practice; Survey; Cancer registry; Symptom management;
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