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The following conclusions were obtained after bibliographic investigation on the therapy of lung cancer by western, oriental, and integrated oriental and western medicine. 1. Lung cancer is classified into small cell lung cancer(SCLC) or non small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) in the treatment by western medicine, and applied with the means of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy alone or combined, depending on the stage and the symptom. 2. Treatment by oriental medicine includes the means of strengthening body resistance to dispel pathogenic factors(ݦïáËäÞ÷), combined approach of reinforcement and expulsion(ÍôÜÍÌÂã¿), and reinforcing both qi and blood(ѨúìäªÜÍ), depending on the initial, middle, and terminal stage. And also treatment based on differentiation of symptom(Ü©ñûã¿ö½) is applied according to the type of symptom; deficiency of qi of both lung and spleen(øËޡѨúÈ), heat symptom of lung by deficiency of yin(øËæðëäúÈ), stagnation of damp-phlegm and blood(ã¥ÓÃåÜðæ), stagnation of qi and blood(ѨúìåÜôò), deficiency of both qi and yin(Ѩëäå»úÈ). Single or combined herb drug is used according to the symptom. 3. Treatment by integrated oriental and western medicine improved survival rate and quality of life. It promoted recovery and improved survival rate in the patients receiving surgery. Integrated radiotherapy and oriental medicine treatment reduced adverse effect by radiotherapy and improved therapeutic effect and survival rate. Integrated chemotherapy with oriental medicine treatment reduced side effect by chemotherapy and improved quality of life and survival rate. These results suggest that therapy of lung cancer should be applied with integrated oriental and western medicine from diagnosis to treatment for promoting therapeutic effect. And further study on this therapy should be ensued.
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