The Shu and Ji of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Metastatic colorectal cancer,also known as advanced colorectal cancer,is a difficult and difficult dis-ease in clinical practice.The current optimal Western medicine treatment strategy is dual-drug chemotherapy com-bined with targeted drugs.However,some patients are unable to tolerate or refuse standard Western medicine treatment due to poor physical condition,old age,financial difficulties,etc.,and instead choose traditional Chinese medicine or combined traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment,which still achieves good clinical results.Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating bowel cancer.It is simple,convenient,cheap and effective.It is an im-portant part of the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in China.At the same time,the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine is the advantage of malignant tumor treatment in China.Numerous clinical reports show that traditional Chinese medicine treatment plays a unique role in prolonging the survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer,reducing the adverse reactions of Western medicine treatment,and improving the quality of life.Sort out and screen the previous clinical studies on the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer with traditional Chinese medicine that are truly effective,and classify and discuss them according to the different focuses of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine,which can be concisely applied to clinical diagnosis and treatment.This article com-bines the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine's group standard"Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treat-ment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with Traditional Chinese Medicine"(T/CACM1410-2022)to sort out and summa-rize the current clinical research on the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer with traditional Chinese medicine to provide a reference for clinical practice.
Traditional Chinese medicineMetastatic colorectal cancerClinical research