癌症的中醫輔助治療

The Complementary Treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Patients

陳俊良(Jiun-Liang Chen)

《腫瘤護理雜誌》 10卷2期 (2010/12) Pp. 1-7

https://doi.org/10.6880/TJON.201012_10(2).01

摘要

西方醫學對腫瘤患者的治療是以手術、化療、和放射線療法為主，唯其療法有其未逮之處及副作用的風險。腫瘤住院病患為求延長壽命和減少治療所引起的副作用，倘以中醫療法輔助醫療，或可助患者順利完成整個療程，發揮最大的療效。透過中西醫整合的治療方式，將原本患者在手術、放化療後常出現的腸胃不適、眩暈、落髮，以及療程中常出現的口乾、口腔潰瘍、便秘、腹瀉、張口困難等症狀減輕到最低，讓患者能順利完成整個西醫療程，發揮最大療效；尤其對末期患者所出現的惡病質，諸如體重減輕，食慾不振，精神萎靡等不適，以及癌性疼痛問題，透過中醫對體質的調理，可提升患者的生活品質。目前中醫在癌症的輔助治療所扮演的角色，主要是在減輕放射線治療及化學治療的併發症，改善生活品質及提高存活率，以達到帶癌生存的目標。目前較欠缺的是嚴謹的隨機對照的臨床研究，希望在未來能從實證醫學的觀點來加強中醫藥對癌症輔助治療的臨床試驗。

關鍵字

腫瘤 ； 中醫藥 ； 體質調理 ； 生活品質 ； 輔助治療

並列摘要

For cancer treatment, western medicine relies heavily on surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. These treatments have all been proven, but are not ideal all-around. In particular they all come with the inherent risk of serious side effects. To prolong life and improve life's quality for cancer patient, Chinese medicine should be considered as paramedic therapy, to enhance the effectiveness of the treatments, and to help patient endures and successfully completes his full course of treatment. Through the integration of western and Chinese medicinal treatments, cancer patient can get relief from a long list of symptoms, namely upset stomach, dizziness, hair loss, as well as dry mouth, oral ulcers, constipation, diarrhea, and difficulty in opening his mouth. Chinese medicine and its wholesome approach to health is particularly helpful in mitigating cachexia of a terminal cancer patient, such as patient's loss of body weight and appetite, his apathetic response, as well as the emergence of severe cancer pain. By adopting the Chinese medicine, may regulate the physical condition, and improve the patient's quality of life. Chinese medicine in cancer treatment is currently playing the role of complementary treatment, helping to reduce the complication of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, enhance cancer survival rate, and elevate patient's quality of life. What we still need is a rigorous, adaptive and comparative clinical study, in which the role of Chinese medicine can be strengthened, to provide hard medical evidence on its contribution as a complimentary treatment of choice.

並列關鍵字

cancer ； traditional Chinese medicine ； regulate physical condition ； quality of life ； complementary treatment