옻나무 전탕추출물 한방치료와 항암화학요법을 병용한 대장암 4기 환자 2례

• Published in: 大韓癌韓醫學會誌 Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 63 - 70
• Main Authors: 김보근, 박상채, Kim, Bo-Geun, Park, Sang-Chae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: colorectal cancer; Rhus vernifciflua STOKES decoction; FOLFOX; chemotherapy; Chijong-tang; tolerance; FOLFIRI
• ISSN: 1975-244X; 2765-4850

Background & Objectives : Colorectal Cancer is 10% of all cancer incidence and the motality from colorectal cancer is nearly 450,000 a year. Since chemopreventive agents from Herbal medicine is hot issue recently, to prove antitumor effecicacy of Rhus vernifciflua STOKES decoction(Chijong-tang), clinical study was carried out. Here we report two patients with colorectal cancer of stage IV. One is colorectal cancer patient with liver, lung metastases underwent operation, chemotherapy. The other patient with liver metastasis underwent chemotherapy. All of two patients acquired tolerance. Methods : One patient visited Hana oriental medicine Clinic in 2010 and was treated using Chijong-tang for 17 months at Hana Oriental Clinic. The other patient visited Hana oriental medicine Clinic in 2011 and was treated using Chijong-tang for 5 months at Hana Oriental Clinic. Results : Chijong-tang showed no side effect, no more tolerance during its treatment with chemotherapy and tumor size was retarded based on CT scanning. Overall, this case report suggests that Rhus vernifciflua STOKES can be a potent cancer preventive agents for colorectal cancer but it is still required to verify the scientific and clinical evidences for Rhus vernifciflua STOKES decoction (Chijong-tang).