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KMID : 0644120080210040228
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology
2008 Volume.21 No. 4 p.228 ~ p.236
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Clinical Data Analysis of 106 Breast Cancer Patients Who Received Oriental Medical Treatment
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Choi Jin-Young
Lee Ji-Young
Kim Eun-Sook
Lee Sang-Hun
Jeong Hyun-Sik
Lee Jin-Moo
Lee Kyung-Sub
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purposes of this study is to provide basic informations on oriental medical research and treatment through analysis of breast cancer patients, who visited Mμ integrative cancer center, O O university East-West neo medical center.
Methods: Electronic medical records of 106 breast cancer patients who visited oriental medical center from June 2, 2006 to February 28, 2008 were selected to collect clinical data of those patients. Clinical data were analyzed for types of clinical characteristics, and received therapies. For analysis of survival and recurrence, Kaplan-Meier method was used. All the data were processed and analyzed using SPSS version 13.0.
Results: Average age of breast cancer patients, who visited oriental medical center was 48.72 (± 10.13). The stage distribution record indicated stage I (5.8%), stage II (7.0%), stage III (5.8%), and stage IV (81.4%). Original purposes of patients were analyzed to be supplementary treatment for western therapy (68.9%), treatment for recurrence prevention (18.9%), and oriental medical treatment (12.2%) in order. While receiving oriental medical treatment, 60.4% of patients received conventional medical treatment simultaneously.
Conclusion: Majority of patients who visited oriental medical hospital were stage IV at terminal stage and mainly visited for the purpose of supportive care. Further clinical study of breast cancer patients is needed to validate the effectiveness of oriental medical treatment based on this study.
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KEYWORD
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Breast cancer, Oriental medicine, CAM (complementary and alternative medicine)
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