When a doctor tells a person that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, do you think he is not saved? In real life, many people are "talking about cancer discoloration", once diagnosed with advanced cancer, it is equivalent to the hospital issuing a death verdict, and there is no chance of survival.
As early as 2006, the World Health Organization described tumors as controllable diseases, from "terminal diseases" to "curable" to "chronic diseases", and there has been an important change in modern cancer concepts. As more and more people achieve successful anti-cancer and extend the length of life, the concept that cancer is a chronic disease is gradually widely accepted, and the concept of this chronic disease coincides with the concept of "survival with tumors" in Chinese medicine.
The "tumor-bearing survival" concept of Traditional Chinese medicine can not only prolong the length of life of patients, but also improve the quality of life of patients and improve their confidence in fighting cancer. The quality of life of patients with advanced cancer is generally low, and the clinical manifestations can be seen that the tumor itself has spread widely, as well as comorbidities, secondary diseases, sequelae, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment can better improve the patient's tolerance to chemotherapy or interventional treatment, and alleviate the gastrointestinal reactions, bone marrow suppression and other toxic side reactions caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. For early and medium-term cancers that may be radically cured, through surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other radical measures, combined with traditional Chinese medicine to dispel evil and eliminate tumors, it can minimize the complications and side effects of patients in the treatment process and ensure the quality of life of patients; for intermediate and advanced cancer tumors that cannot be cured, it can improve the clinical symptoms of patients, prolong survival, and make patients clinically benefit, so as to achieve the purpose of "survival with tumors".
Case sharing
Ms. Guan, 46, was found to have a lower left lung mass during a physical examination in May 2017 and underwent surgical resection at the local central hospital, and in March 2018, multiple metastases from both lungs were considered. He received several chemotherapy treatments in the hospital, oral Troquet and Hiroda, and the efficacy was evaluated as progression (PD). In January 2019, he was hospitalized several times for cough and shortness of breath, and the effect was average. Due to many times of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Ms. Guan had serious side effects, the body has been unable to continue treatment, but the condition is still not controlled, even so, Ms. Guan did not give up hope, after many inquiries and comprehensive consideration, Ms. Guan decided to seek traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
Initial consultation: 2019-04-15
Main complaint: Cough and shortness of breath 1 year after surgery of lower left pulmonary mass.
Medical history: The patient found a lower left lung mass during the physical examination in May 2017, and underwent surgical resection in the outer hospital, postoperative pathology: adenocarcinoma. CT 17 January 2019: Multiple metastases in both lungs after surgery for lower left lung cancer, altered after treatment with multiple lymph node metastases in the hilar, mediastinal and left clavicle. Initial diagnosis of symptoms: patients are mentally tired, cough, shortness of breath, phlegm multi-colored yellow, no fever and cold, no chest tightness chest pain, sleep can be, two stool adjustment.
Western medical diagnosis: multiple metastases in both lungs after surgery for lower left lung cancer, multiple lymph node metastases in both hilars, mediastinum and left clavicle (T4N3M1, stage IV)
Diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine: lung cancer
Dialectic: hot sputum stasis in the lungs
Treatment: clear the lungs and dissolve phlegm, dispel fetish and loosen knots.
Prescription: Fa Ban Xia, Mountain Conch, Ya House, Zhejiang Shellfish, Cat's Claw, Earth Turtle, ShouGong, Reed Stem, etc., 21 doses, 1 dose a day, decoction.
Second consultation: 2019-05-06
Cough and shortness of breath are significantly reduced than before, sleep can be, hands and feet are numb, cold limbs are cold, two stools are adjusted, dialectics are the same, and the front is added and subtracted.
Third consultation: 2019-06-03
When coughing, no shortness of breath, poor sodium, bloating after meals, sometimes abdominal pain, two stool adjustment, dialectic same as before, guard the front plus or minus.
At present, patients occasionally have cough, no shortness of breath, sleep well, and can take care of themselves in life to achieve "tumor survival".
Now the concept of "living with tumors" has become a broad consensus in the oncology community of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, objectively promoting and reflecting the transformation of tumor treatment strategies, and abandoning the "excessive treatment" of tumors from the concept, so that tumor patients who cannot be cured maintain a good quality of life, and promote the rationalization and humanized treatment of tumors.