A Case Report of Chemotherapy-induced Alopecia Treated with Bojungikki-tang

Abstract

Background: A frequent manifestation of advanced NSCLC is malnutrition, even though there are many studies which relate it with a poor survival, its relation with toxicity has not yet been consistently reported. The aim of this study was to associate malnutrition and albumin serum levels with the occurrence of chemotherapy-induced toxicity in cisplatin plus paclitaxel chemotherapy-treated NSCLC. Methods: We prospectively evaluated 100 stage IV NSCLC patients treated with paclitaxel (175 mg/m