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Awareness and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Korean Lung Cancer Patients

  • Choi, Joon Young (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Ji, Wonjun (Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Chang-Min (Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Chaeuk (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Noh, Jae Myoung (Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Cheol-Kyu (Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinic, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital) ;
  • Oh, In-Jae (Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinic, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital) ;
  • Yoon, Hong In (Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hyeong Ryul (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ho Young (Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yeo, Chang Dong (Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Jang, Seung Hun (Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Public Relation Committee of the Korean Association for Lung Cancer (Korean Association for Lung Cancer)
  • Received : 2020.09.03
  • Accepted : 2020.12.08
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been used frequently, and its use continues to increase in lung cancer patients, despite insufficient scientific of its efficacy. To investigate this situation, we analyzed the current awareness and use of CAM in Korean lung-cancer patients. Methods: This prospective survey-based study was performed at seven medical centers in South Korea between August and October 2019. The survey assessed general patient characteristics and the awareness and use of CAM. We analyzed differences in the clinical parameters of patients aware and not aware of CAM and of CAM non-users and users. Results: Of the 434 patients included in this study, 68.8% responded that they were aware of CAM and 30.9% said they had experienced it. In univariate analysis, the patients aware of CAM were younger with poor performance status, had advanced-stage lung cancer, received more systemic therapy, and received concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT). By multiple logistic regression, younger age, poor performance status, advanced stage, and prior CCRT were identified as independent risk factors for CAM awareness. There were no significant differences in the general characteristics and cancer-associated clinical parameters of CAM non-users and users. Conclusion: Specific clinical parameters were associated with patients' awareness of CAM, although there were no significantly different characteristics between CAM users and non-users.

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