The Journal of Korean Medicine (대한한의학회지)

The Society of Korean Medicine (대한한의학회)
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A Study on Quality of Life of Advanced Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer patients Administered with Traditional Korean Cancer Treatment

간, 담도, 췌장의 진행암으로 한방병원에 내원한 환자의 삶의 질(FACT-G)에 대한 분석

  • Choi, Chul-Min (Dept of Sasang Constitutional Mediciene) ;
  • Koh, Byung-Hee (Dept of Sasang Constitutional Mediciene) ;
  • Kim, Se-Hyun (Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choi, Won-Cheol (Dept of Clinical Oncology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Soo-Kyung (Dept of Clinical Oncology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University)
  • 최철민 (경희대학교 한의과대학 사상체질과) ;
  • 고병희 (경희대학교 한의과대학 사상체질과) ;
  • 김세현 (경희대학교 동서의학대학원) ;
  • 최원철 (경희대학교 한의과대학 임상종양학과) ;
  • 이수경 (경희대학교 한의과대학 임상종양학과)
  • Published : 2008.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The main goals of cancer treatment are improvement of quality of life and survival prolongation. There is a limitation to prolonging the survival time in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer patients who visited for traditional Korean cancer treatment. Methods: We evaluated the quality of life of 23 hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer patients who visited for oriental medicine treatment at East-West Neo Medical Center from June to October of 2007. FACT-G (Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy-General), used in this study, is a scale for evaluation of QOL confirmed validity and reliability, popularly used in many countries to evaluate QOL of cancer patients. Results: The average age of enrolled patients was 57. There were 10 hepatocellular carcinoma patients, 7 pancreatic cancer patients, 6 biliary tract cancer patients. Twenty one patients were in stage IV and 20 patients had distant metastases. By Sasang constitution, Taeumin were 7, Soyangin were 8, and Soeumuin were 8. The baselines of FACT-G score in the first visit were from 34.33 to 85, and the mean score was 67.3. The mean score of FACT-G in hepatocellular carcinoma patients was 67.5, that of pancreatic cancer patients was 62.5, and that of biliary tract cancer patients was 71. Conclusions: This study is valuable as an initial QOL study of hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer patients who visited an oriental medical clinic. We believe that consistent studies will be necessary to demonstrate oriental treatment-related quality of life with hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer.

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