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KMID : 0363320180390020268
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2018 Volume.39 No. 2 p.268 ~ p.276
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A Case Study of an Advanced Breast Cancer Patient Treated with a Combination of Traditional Korean Medicine and Chemotherapy
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Han Ga-Jin
Lee A-Ram
Seong Shin
Kim Sung-Su
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Abstract
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Although patients with breast cancer receive standard treatments, they often experience recurrence or metastasis of tumors. Therefore, patients seeking treatment with traditional Korean medicine (TKM) in addition to conventional treatment have increased. We present a case of 46-year-old female with recurring breast cancer. She underwent surgeries and various hormone therapies since being diagnosed in 2007. Upon follow-up examination, she had metastatic lesions on the lung and multiple bones in 2015 and 2016. She received TKM treatments from May 2017 with Aromasin and Afinitor. However, hepatic metastasis was found after two months, so she started Capecitabine with TKM. After about two months, the liver nodules disappeared and a seeding nodule in the right paracolic gutter was decreased. After two months, the tumor response was stable disease. Back pain due to bone metastasis was improved. We suggest that combination treatment of TKM and chemotherapy is a promising method for treating breast cancer.
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KEYWORD
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breast neoplasm, medicine, Korean traditional, integrative medicine, case reports
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