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KMID : 1191520110160020035
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Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology
2011 Volume.16 No. 2 p.35 ~ p.41
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A Case Report of Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Patient Treated with Allergen Removed Rhus Verniciflua Stokes Extract
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Kim Eun-Hee
Park So-Jeong
Choi Won-Cheol
Lee Soo-Kyung
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Abstract
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Background : Lung cancer is one of the most common malignancy in the world. Types of lung cancer are Non small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Subtypes of Non small cell lung cancer are adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and large cell carcinoma. Knowing the type of lung cancer is important in determining both treatment and prognosis. Recently, due to newly developed anti-cancer drugs, squamous cell carcinoma has relatively poor prognosis than non-squamous cell carcinoma.
Case : We report a squamous cell lung cancer case treated with allergen removed Rhus verniciflua Stokes (aRVS) extract. The patients initially diagnosed stage squamous cell lung carcinoma, but she refused recommended operation. She initiated aRVS extract monotherapy in October. 2006. The follow up Computed tomography in March. 2007, she diagnosed stable disease of tumor response on aRVS treatment. However, this case was lost to follow up for 6 months while she was treated with tomotherapy. In October 2007, she came back to our cancer center after diagnosed stage IV metastasized lung to lung, and aRVS monotherapy was restarted. She had survived 2 years after metastasis of squamous cell lung carcinoma.
Conclusion : Allergen removed Rhus verniciflua Stokes(aRVS) sucessfully prolonged overall survival of a squamous cell lung cancer patient.
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KEYWORD
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Non-small-cell lung cancer, squamous cell lung cancer, Rhus verniciflua Stokes, overall survival
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