title: [Effect of Japanese traditional medicine, TJ-41, on quality of life of patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving outpatient chemotherapy].
abstract: An increasing number of patients with lung cancer are undergoing outpatient chemotherapy. It is very important to maintain good quality of life(QOL)for these patients, and Japanese traditional medicine, TJ-41, has been reported to improve the QOL of patients with advanced cancer. However, the effect of TJ-41 on patients with lung cancer undergoing outpatient chemotherapy is unknown. Therefore, we conducted this study. To investigate the factors influencing the QOL of these patients, we distributed a QOL questionaire,"The QOL Questionnaire for Cancer Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs"(QOL-ACD)to 11 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. The medical factors related to the overall QOL scores and other categories, indicating"activity","physical condition","psychological condition","social relationships","psychological condition"and"face scale"were analyzed. A significant decrease in each of the factors was not observed in this study.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Clinical Oncology, Toyama City Hospital.
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishiura
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiba
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tanikawa
authors.forename: Hideko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayase
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Chiemi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Obata
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirokami
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C402943:bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang