The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the Global Cancer Report 2014, and the study points out that there was a disturbing increase in cancer patients and deaths globally in 2012, with nearly half of the new cancer cases occurring in Asia, most of which were in China, i.e., China ranked high in the number of new cancer cases. While this is related to China's large population base, it certainly puts a lot of pressure on Chinese healthcare.
While doctors are meticulously designing treatment programs for their patients, Chinese patients are often struggling with questions such as, should they take Chinese medicine to treat cancer? When to take Chinese medicine? Do I still need surgery after taking Chinese medicine?
Chinese medicine emphasizes "people-oriented" highly individualized evidence-based treatment, so far, there is still a lack of strong evidence to prove the group effect of Chinese medicine in treating cancer, but this does not mean that Chinese medicine is useless in cancer treatment, the effect of Chinese medicine in treating cancer needs to be standardized clinical research to obtain more evidence-based medical evidence. The effectiveness of Chinese medicine in cancer treatment needs to be studied through standardized clinical research to obtain more evidence-based medical evidence.
Once a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the first step is to choose the treatment that can benefit the patient based on the clinical staging; early-stage patients can be treated mainly with radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery, with the aim of 'focusing fire' to control tumor development, at which time Western medical treatment is the 'protagonist'; and the In the middle to late stage or extensive metastasis in the case of confirming that the patient does not have to reduce the tumor load, Chinese medicine treatment then becomes the 'protagonist'."
Chinese medicine can be used to treat cancer throughout all stages of cancer, but the effects exerted by Chinese medicine at each stage are different. For example, the adjunctive use of TCM during radiotherapy is to increase the effectiveness or reduce the toxicity; the use of TCM after radiotherapy is to adjust the overall function of the patient.
Yiling Yangzheng Xiaoji capsule can reduce the toxic side effects of gastrointestinal tract after radiotherapy, improve anorexia, fatigue, and other symptoms, and enhance physical fitness, thus improving the quality of life of patients. It is believed that not only Yangzheng Xiaoji capsule but also other new types of traditional Chinese medicines will be gradually shown in front of the world, which can provide better solutions for tumor patients in terms of therapeutic effect and quality of life.
TCM treatment of cancer is the result of comprehensive effects, including inhibiting tumor growth, stabilizing tumor foci, preventing tumor metastasis, soothing toxicity of radiotherapy, reducing tumor-related complications, improving clinical symptoms, improving quality of life, and prolonging survival time. Among them, supporting justice and dispelling evils, regulating qi and blood, and balancing yin and yang are the characteristics and highlights of Chinese medicine in treating cancer.
At present, the World Health Organization clearly points out that malignant tumors are chronic diseases. This means that tumors have slow onset and long treatment time. This gives us a favorable time to choose appropriate treatment to control tumors. Therefore, it is not scary to have a tumor, as long as we actively treat it and overcome the psychological pressure, we can overcome the disease. Based on this, it is very important to popularize medical knowledge scientifically, choose treatment correctly, and control mental pressure in a moderate way in the whole treatment of tumor."
