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A Case Report of Chemotherapy-induced Stomatitis Clinically Improved by Acupuncture Treatment
Journal of Korean Medicine / Journal of Korean Medicine, (P)1010-0695; (E)2288-3339
2017, v.22 no.2, pp.25-31
https://doi.org/10.15432/JKTO.2017.22.2.025
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(2017). A Case Report of Chemotherapy-induced Stomatitis Clinically Improved by Acupuncture Treatment. Journal of Korean Medicine, 22(2), 25-31, https://doi.org/10.15432/JKTO.2017.22.2.025
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Abstract
Objectives: This case report presents improvement after receiving acupuncture treatment for a chemotherapy-induced stomatitis. Methods: The patient was treated for 6 times with acupuncture. And effects of treatments were measured with the World Health Organization (WHO) oral toxicity scale and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Results: The clinical symptoms of the stomatitis were improved that WHO oral toxicity scale decreased from grade 4 to grade 0 and Visual Analogue Scale decreased from 7 to 2 after treated with acupuncture. Conclusions: In this study, acupuncture might be effective way to cure the cancer patient suffering from chemotherapy-induced stomatitis.
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- Stomatitis, Chemotherapy, Acupuncture
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