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KMID : 0363320100310010102
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2010 Volume.31 No. 1 p.102 ~ p.112
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Analysis of Clinical Characteristics for 899 Cancer Patients Treated at an Oriental Hospital
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Jung Tae-Young
Lee Yeon-Weol
Cho Chong-Kwan
Yoo Hwa-Seung
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Abstract
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Objective : This study was aimed to obtain epidemiological information of cancer patients treated with Oriental medicine.
Methods :The medical records of 899 cancer patients treated at the East-West Cancer Center of Dunsan Oriental Hospital from January to December 2008 were analyzed. Careful investigations were done by categorizing these patients by their sex, origin, stage, treatment duration, conventional treatment type, etc.
Results : 61.7% of the patients had stage IV tumor. 53.1% of patients visited Oriental hospital for combination treatment with conventional medicine. In the tumor origin, lung cancer showed the largest proportion (21.6%). Of the two genders, lung cancer was the most frequent cause (31%) in male patients, and breast cancer in females (21.2%). In inpatients, thyroid cancer resulted in the highest percentage (24.0%). Lung, colon, stomach cancer patients were mostly in stage III or IV. Thyroid cancer patients were mostly in stage I.
Conclusions : This study presented the characteristics of cancer patients treated by Oriental medicine. Based on this study, further advanced study of Oriental medical cancer treatments is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Oriental medicine, Cancer, Stage, Clinical Characteristics
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