Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference (고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.10a
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- Pages.288-297
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- 2002
Korean Red Ginseng as a Postoperative Immune Modulator in Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer
- Cho Min Young (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
- Suh Sung Ock (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University)
- Published : 2002.10.01
Abstract
In this paper, we present evidence that the red ginseng from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer inhibits the recurrence of advanced gastric cancer and shows immunomodulatory activities during postoperative chemotherapy. Flow cytometric analyses for peripheral T-lymphocyte subsets showed that the red ginseng powder restored CD4 levels to the initial preoperative values during postoperative chemotherapy. Depression of CD3 during postoperative chemotherapy was also inhibited by the red ginseng powder ingestion. This study demonstrated a 5-year disease free survival and overall survival rate that was significantly higher in patients taking the red ginseng powder during postoperative chemotherapy vs. control