Utilization of Spa Therapy for Postoperative Patients with Cancer. Combination therapy with lentinan.
- VernacularTitle:癌術後患者における温泉浴の利用 ｌｅｎｔｉｎａｎとの併用において
- Author:
Youichi KAWAMURA
;
Akira DEGUCHI
;
Masaki FUNADA
;
Yuzuru KAMEYA
;
Hitoshi HAMAGUCHI
;
Kohzo KAWAMURA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Biological response modifier (BRM);
Performance status (PS)
- From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine
1992;55(3):139-144
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
The immunological effects of spa bathing and its influence on the systemic performance were studied in 15 patients with stomach or colon cancer who had received operations and were treated by lentinan. Ten patients were treated by spa bathing and five patients were not treated.
Immunological performance was assessed in terms of white blood cell count, lymphocyte count, surface markers of lymphocytes, natural killer activity and immunoglobulins. There were no significant differences in immunological parameters between the bathing groups and non-bathing group of patients. The systemic performance improved in the majority of patients of the bathing group and became more aggravated in the majority of patients of the nonbathing group. The results of this study suggest that spa bathing is beneficial, not harmful, to the systemic performance of patients with cancer.
