Cancer-related Fatigue in Patients with Advanced Cancer Treated with Autonomic Nerve Pharmacopuncture | Zendy

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Cancer-related Fatigue in Patients with Advanced Cancer Treated with Autonomic Nerve Pharmacopuncture

Author(s) -

J. Park,

Hyungjun Jeon,

Hwi-joong Kang,

Insook Jeong,

Chong-kwan Cho,

HwaSeung Yoo

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of acupuncture and meridian studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 2093-8152

pISSN - 2005-2901

DOI - 10.1016/j.jams.2015.04.003

Subject(s) - medicine , cancer related fatigue , cancer , observational study , autonomic nerve , population , environmental health

The purpose of this study was to observe the effects of autonomic nerve pharmacopuncture (ANP) treatment on cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in patients with advanced cancer. This observational case study was conducted at the East West Cancer Center of Daejeon University's Dunsan Korean Medical Hospital. Two patients were observed. One patient was diagnosed with left thymic cancer metastatic to the left pleura. The other patient had terminal-stage cervical cancer with iliac bone and lumbar 5 metastases. We injected mountain ginseng pharmacopuncture (MGP) into acupoints alongside the spine (Hua-Tuo-Jia-Ji-Xue, EX B2). We examined the patients for CRF using the Korean version of the Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (RPFS-K), which is a self-assessment tool. The scores on the RPFS-K for both patients tended to decrease during the treatment. Laboratory findings, including hematological changes, were also checked. Liver and renal function tests showed that the treatment was safe. Although further large-population studies are necessary, this case study suggests that ANP has a favorable effect on CRF in patients with advanced cancer.

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