Is it better to treat advanced cancer with Chinese medicine or western medicine?

The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine is the best, with western medicine indicators and traditional Chinese medicine treating symptoms. The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine can effectively improve the therapeutic effect of patients, reduce the risk of recurrence and metastasis, and improve the quality of life of patients.

"Treating malignant tumor with combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine" is a way to prevent and treat cancer with China characteristics. Starting from the reality of China, we should integrate the respective advantages of traditional Chinese and western medicine, give full play to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine and improve the pharmacy of western medicine. Over the past 40 years, China has achieved fruitful results in the treatment of malignant tumors with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine. Especially in today's advocating "comprehensive treatment" of tumors, the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine in treating malignant tumors shows its advantages and characteristics. From the clinical point of view, its main advantages can be summarized as follows:

① The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine can increase the curative effect, reduce the side effects, prolong the life cycle and improve the quality of life.

② The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine has the characteristics of broad thinking, diverse methods and comprehensive indicators in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors.

③ The diagnosis method of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine is objective, the treatment measures are powerful, and the prognosis of the disease is accurate.

④ The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine plays a unique role in the symptomatic treatment of patients with advanced cancer.

The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine is the best, with western medicine indicators and traditional Chinese medicine treating symptoms. The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine can effectively improve the therapeutic effect of patients, reduce the risk of recurrence and metastasis, and improve the quality of life of patients.