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KMID : 0363320210420061341
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2021 Volume.42 No. 6 p.1341 ~ p.1348
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A Case Report of Korean Medicine Treatment of a Lung Cancer Patient with Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy
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Kim Kyun-Ha
Kim Min-Hwa
Heo Gi-Yoon
Lee Chan
Cho Im-Hak
Kang Hee-Kyung
Kim So-Yeon
Park Seong-Ha
Yun Young-Ju
Lee In
Han Chang-Woo
Hong Jin-Woo
Kwon Jung-Nam
Choi Jun-Yong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to report the effect of Korean medicine on a squamous cell lung cancer patient with chemotherapy induction peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). A 61-year old male patient, who had received 4 cycles of chemotherapy after lung surgery from squamous cell lung cancer, was treated with acupuncture and herbal medicines, including Uchasingi-hwan and Samchilchoongcho-capsule, to control CIPN and dyspnea on exertion. The degree of pain was assessed by a numeric rating scale (NRS). After receiving acupuncture and herbal medicines, the NRS score for CIPN symptoms was reduced from 4 to 1 and the NRS score for dyspnea on exertion decreased from 3 to less than 1. Korean medicine could therefore be useful in reducing peripheral neuropathy occurring after chemotherapy and dyspnea after lobectomy.
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KEYWORD
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squamous cell lung cancer, chemotherapy induction peripheral neuropathy, dyspnea on exertion, Korean medicine, case report
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