점액성 선암종으로 폐의 쐐기절제술을 시행한 환자에 대한 한방치료 1례

• Published in: 대한한방내과학회지 Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 776 - 785
• Main Authors: 홍미나, 박혜림, 조재현, 최진용, 배고은, 한창우, 박성하, 김소연, 이인, 홍진우, 최준용, Hong, Min-na, Park, Hye-lim, Cho, Jae-hyun, Choi, Jin-yong, Bae, Go-eun, Han, Chang-woo, Park, Seong-ha, Kim, So-yeon, Lee, In, Hong, Jin-woo, Choi, Jun-yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한한방내과학회 01.10.2016
• Subjects: 한의학; Korean medicine; mucinous adenocarcinoma; wedge resection
• ISSN: 1226-9174

The purpose of this study is to report and demonstrate the effect of Korean medical treatment on a wedge resection of a lung patient with mucinous adenocarcinoma. The patient was an 84-year-old female who was diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma and underwent wedge resection. The patient was treated with acupuncture and herbal medicine (Banhahubak-tang and Gamiondam-tang). The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire, Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30), EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire, Lung Cancer 13 (EORTC QLQ-LC13), numeric rating scale (NRS), and the Global Assessment (G/A) were used to assess the changes in symptoms, including operation site pain and dyspnea. After treatment, the patient showed improvement in operation site pain and dyspnea, based on the NRS and G/A. However, dyspnea and pain were aggravated based on the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-LC13. Therefore, Korean medicine may have a substantial benefit for patients with mucinous adenocarcinoma after wedge resection of the lung.