편평상피세포 폐암 환자의 항암화학요법에 의해 유발된 말초신경병증에 대한 한방치험 1례

• Published in: 대한한방내과학회지 Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 1341 - 1348
• Main Authors: 김균하, 김민화, 허기윤, 이찬, 조임학, 강희경, 김소연, 박성하, 윤영주, 이인, 한창우, 홍진우, 권정남, 최준용, 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
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한한방내과학회 01.12.2021
• Subjects: 한의학; Korean medicine; case report; squamous cell lung cancer; chemotherapy induction peripheral neuropathy; dyspnea on exertion
• ISSN: 1226-9174
• DOI: 10.22246/jikm.2021.42.6.1341

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.