Wang Qinglin and Yang Meng
Modern medical treatments for tumors are becoming more and more diverse. Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy… “fierce” means to precisely kill tumors. In addition, the side effect of “self-injury eight hundred” may also occur. At this time, traditional Chinese medicine with “strong internal strength” is often needed to straighten the foundation, and the gentle and powerful way to make the anti-cancer road last longer.
In 1991, the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine established the Department of Oncology. After more than 30 years of scientific exploration and clinical practice, it has built a complete oncology diagnosis and treatment system with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, forming unique academic characteristics and specialty advantages. The department adheres to the patient-centered approach, attaches great importance to personnel training and discipline construction, and combines traditional Chinese medicine with sophisticated modern technology to provide patients with humanized services.
●Integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of tumors
“Tumor is a chronic disease with complex causes, so the concept of ‘all-round, full-cycle’ health management should be followed in the treatment process.” Li Zhiming, director of the Oncology Department of the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the department adheres to the service concept of “everything is for the patient, regardless of Chinese and Western methods”, and adheres to the development idea of ”top-notch Chinese medicine and first-class Western medicine”, so that the treatment methods are advanced and comprehensive, and the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine are distinctive.
Li Zhiming said that in the treatment of tumors, traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine have their own advantages. Giving full play to their respective advantages and complementing each other is the best way to treat tumors with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine. The department fully exploits the anti-cancer advantages of traditional Chinese medicine. , on the basis of the syndrome differentiation and oral decoction, combined with acupoint sticking, acupoint embedding, fire acupuncture, piercing and cupping, abdominal acupuncture, ear acupuncture, navel therapy, Chinese medicine soaking, Chinese medicine fumigation, Chinese medicine ironing and other external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine Technology, combined with dialectical diet and other methods to strengthen the body and fight cancer.
As a provincial tumor specialist, not only Chinese medicine has its own characteristics, but also Western medicine treatment is not inferior. The department closely follows the frontiers of the development of the discipline, and according to the latest domestic and international treatment guidelines, carries out standardized medical treatment of common malignant tumors, including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and end-of-life care; Deep venous catheterization, peripheral central venous catheterization, infusion port, needle biopsy, microwave ablation (thermal ablation), combo knife (cold-heat multimodal ablation), tumor vascular intervention, intraluminal Advanced technologies such as stent implantation.
●Provide “one-stop” service for patients
In order to provide patients with more precise treatment, the general practitioners in this department have expertise in everyone, covering TCM oncology, tumor Chemotherapy and radiotherapy, minimally invasive intervention, tumor palliative treatment and other specialties are divided into sub-specialties such as lung cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, etc. The leaders of each sub-specialty continue to deepen and refine their specialties, making tumor diagnosis and treatment truly standardized, Precision, to provide patients with higher-quality, higher-tech, higher-level medical care services.
While subdividing specialties, the department can quickly mobilize experts from relevant departments to organize MDT expert consultations in the hospital, which provides a solid backing for the standardized treatment of tumor patients.
“Many patients are prone to have negative emotions after being diagnosed with cancer, and some cancer patients can’t see hope, which is extremely unfavorable for treatment. Therefore, the treatment of cancer should start from the ‘heart’, as an oncologist If you want to treat the patient’s physical disease, you must first fully care for the patient, care about the patient’s psychological changes, ease the negative emotions in time, and help the patient establish the confidence to overcome the disease.” Li Zhiming said that in the treatment process, the department pays attention to the harmony of body and mind, and pays attention to humanities. Care, pay attention to the quality of life and mental health of patients and their families. By organizing patients’ churches, patient Q&A meetings, creating tumor rehabilitation clubs, and leading patients to practice Baduanjin, we will explore the prevention and treatment model of group anti-cancer and physical and mental harmony.
●Building a first-class tumor diagnosis and treatment center
Talents are the key to the development of the discipline. The department is led by Han Pingchou, a scholar from the Yangtze River, and the consultants of the department are Professor Zhou Daihan, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, Professor Zhang Xiaoping, the first national famous Chinese medicine doctor, and Professor Guo Hongfei, a famous Chinese medicine doctor in Jiangxi Province. Young key doctors are often selected to go out for further study and training, attracting outstanding master and doctoral graduates, and reserve talents for the hospital’s oncology department.
As a clinical specialty of a university affiliated hospital, scientific research ability is also a key part of the comprehensive competitiveness of the discipline. In recent years, the scientific research level of the department has been gradually improved. General practitioners have set up more than ten projects at all levels, achieving a breakthrough in the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The academic influence has gradually increased, and many high-quality professional papers have been published in SCI and core journals. ; Strengthen cooperation with scientific research institutions by jointly applying for major projects and applying for traditional Chinese medicine cross-innovation teams; strengthen cooperation with domestic high-level tumor hospitals and oncology experts to achieve scientific research.
“In the future, we will continue to strengthen the construction of the connotation of the discipline, and strive to build the department into an integrated oncology department integrating medical treatment, scientific research and teaching, which is the top in the province and first-class in China, and further develops into an oncology department in Jiangxi Province. The Cancer Center of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine and the National Cancer Regional Center benefit the vast number of cancer patients.” Li Zhiming said.