Empowering Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Whole Cycle of Cancer Prevention and Treatment for Women
2025-01-21
In the process of preventing and treating female tumors, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) should focus on the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment, and combine emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data. It is necessary to clarify the effective mechanism of TCM treatment and follow the rules of TCM for clinical research. "Recently, the 2nd TCM Innovation and Women's Cancer Health Forum was held in Beijing. During an interview with Science and Technology Daily after the forum, Lu Wenping, the chairman of the conference and chief physician of the Oncology Department at Guang'anmen Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, emphasized the important direction for the future development of traditional Chinese medicine. Female tumor refers to cancer whose incidence group is mainly women, including breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, etc. According to the incidence rate and Mortality of Malignant Tumors in China in 2022 released by the National Cancer Center, the top three female tumors in China in 2022 are breast cancer, cervical cancer and uterine body cancer, and the top three deaths are breast cancer, cervical cancer and ovarian cancer. Currently, female tumors face many difficulties in clinical treatment Lu Wenping said that the treatment difficulty of breast cancer mainly lies in drug resistance. Among them, triple negative breast cancer is also the difficulty of breast cancer treatment because of its high malignancy and less treatment methods. The main clinical difficulty of ovarian cancer is its easy recurrence and metastasis, "said Lu Wenping. In recent decades, the 5-year survival rate of ovarian cancer has not been significantly improved, only about 40%. The treatment of tumors is a long and painful process, and female tumors such as uterine tumors and ovarian tumors can affect fertility. How to balance treatment and fertility has also been explored by the medical community. Common TCM treatments include traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion, plaster, cupping, etc. Lu Wenping introduced that traditional Chinese medicine plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of female tumors. For example, if a woman continues to be infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), she may go through several years of precancerous lesions and eventually develop cervical cancer. During the period from virus infection to precancerous lesions, traditional Chinese medicine can enhance the patient's own immunity, fully mobilize the body's immune cells to eliminate the virus, and achieve good preventive effects. When female cancer patients undergo surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and other treatments, traditional Chinese medicine can alleviate complications and toxic side effects caused by drugs, such as nausea and vomiting, bone marrow suppression, insomnia, and radiation damage. Traditional Chinese medicine can improve the tumor microenvironment of patients, enhance the body's resistance, and prevent tumor recurrence and metastasis through syndrome differentiation and treatment, "said Lu Wenping. In the late stage of female tumors, the growth and spread of tumors in the human body can impose a heavy burden on the body, seriously affecting the quality of life of patients. Lu Wenping told reporters that traditional Chinese medicine can alleviate discomfort symptoms such as loss of appetite, fatigue, and pain in female patients with advanced tumors as much as possible through targeted treatment. Lu Wenping said, "As a treasure of Chinese culture, traditional Chinese medicine will play a more important role in the 'battle' against female tumors. Inclusive traditional Chinese medicine will radiate new vitality in the future
Edit:Chen Jie Responsible editor:Li Ling
Source:Science and Technology Daily
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