Xi'an Cancer Hospital

Xi'an Jingxi Hospital is located on Changle Avenue in Xi'an, west of my country's famous Fourth Military Medical University, and is located in the prosperous area of ??the ancient city of Xi'an. It is a formal medical institution that integrates scientific research and clinical treatment. It is a designated hospital characterized by its main treatment of difficult diseases with traditional Chinese medicine. It has complete facilities, complete equipment, strong medical qualifications, superb medical skills, noble medical ethics, and experts are available for consultation all year round. It is our duty to save lives and heal the wounded, and our highest purpose is to serve the majority of patients wholeheartedly. It has been commended by the health department many times and has been rated as an advanced medical unit and a hospital with high price integrity.

Experts’ advice to cancer patients

“1/3 of cancer patients are scared to death, 1/3 die from over-medication and the patient cannot tolerate it, and the last 1/3 He died because the treatment was ineffective.” Although this statement has no scientific basis, it illustrates a truth: if patients can be optimistic and adopt correct treatment behaviors, they may defeat cancer and prolong their lives.

Lecturer: Liu Luming, male, 51 years old, professor of medicine, has been practicing medicine for 28 years. He specializes in medical oncology treatment using integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and is particularly good at digestive tract and respiratory system tumors such as liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lung cancer. The major scientific and technological projects it has undertaken at the national, ministerial and provincial levels include: “Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Mainly External Radiation for the Treatment of Large Liver Cancer”, “Modern Demonstration Research on Shenmai Injection”, etc. He won the first prize of Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Progress Award in 1990, the second prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award and the third prize of National Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked second) in 1991. He has published more than 40 papers in recent years. articles. Chief editor of "Comprehensive Therapeutics of Liver Cancer". He is currently a director of the Doctoral Research Association of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the Oncology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the Anti-Cancer Drug Professional Committee of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, and a member of the Traditional Medicine Professional Committee of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association.

How to choose and receive treatment for cancer

A positive attitude and optimism are the beginning of all treatments

The progress of modern medicine shows that many cancers are not incurable disease. After active treatment, some patients may live with tumors all their lives, or they may live in peace. As long as they review the disease on time and adhere to "righting" treatment, they can still enjoy life like healthy people. Therefore, after correctly understanding the occurrence and treatment of cancer, cancer patients and their families must be prepared for a long-term battle, cultivate an optimistic and correct attitude towards life, establish a positive and winning belief, and create a relaxed and happy environment for patients. living environment.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sudden strong mental stimulation or repeated and long-lasting emotional stimulation can cause damage to the functions of the human body's internal organs, disorder of qi movement, and imbalance of qi, blood, yin and yang, and lead to disease. Many investigations and studies by modern medical psychologists have also confirmed the close relationship between mental factors and malignant tumors. Some people point out that major life events that affect the occurrence of cancer usually occur 6 to 8 months before the onset of cancer, and depression, disappointment, and sadness may be precursors of cancer. Existing research has also found that death, parting sadness, depression and anxiety can be seen about a year before the onset of cancer.

Clinically, when many patients learn that they have cancer, they will show various negative emotional changes such as fear and anxiety, loneliness and depression, anger and hatred, etc. There is a kind of "imagination therapy" that can be performed by oneself under the guidance of a doctor. Patients suggest a certain concept to themselves, such as imagining how they have defeated cancer, have already defeated cancer, etc. This may improve the immune function in the body.

In normal times, patients should also strive to choose the joys in life and avoid the worries and abandon them. Don’t blame others and be world-weary and pessimistic because of the many changes brought about by cancer. Instead, you should strive to cultivate a “calm and nihilistic” attitude towards life, avoid excessive emotional changes and mental stimulation, and be cheerful, optimistic, magnanimous, and “compassionate” when things happen. Take it calmly" so that you have good "coping ability". The state of mind is absolutely crucial to the effectiveness of treatment.

Be patient, don’t be impatient, and formulate a five-year “combat” plan

To treat stubborn chronic diseases like cancer, patients need a peaceful mind, and doctors should also work hard to develop a full treatment plan for the patient ( Tentatively set it as a "5-year treatment plan"), and inform the patient of the possible treatment process so that the patient can gain maximum self-confidence. Overcoming the disease requires time, wisdom and faith, as well as the cooperation of all parties.

Cancer patients are actually the leaders in the entire treatment process.

If the process of cancer treatment is regarded as a long and arduous battle, the doctor is just the chief of staff and/or chief of operations, mainly providing strategies and tactics for marching and fighting, and executing combat orders; the patient's husband or wife is the political commissar, assisting The commander-in-chief determines the power of advance and retreat; his children should be deputy commanders or deputy political commissars; and the patient himself is the commander-in-chief who commands the entire army and is in charge of the military power of life and death. He chooses the chief of staff’s plan and determines it based on the actual situation of his own army. Specific operational plans and operations chiefs, and direct operations. Patients should not lose confidence because some symptoms are not relieved. Instead, with the help of doctors (chief of staff and/or chief of operations), patients should look at the overall situation and understand the possible hurdles and changes that may occur during the five-year war of resistance. , take various preventive and response measures.

This modern treatment model allows patients to participate in the treatment process of the disease and take responsibility, improve their understanding of their own disease, strengthen their sense of participation, and truly take responsibility for their own lives. Their mood changes from depressed, negative, and impatient to proactive, positive, and neither impatient nor impatient. At the same time, it also strengthens communication between doctors and patients and enhances mutual understanding and cooperation.

Don’t seek medical treatment in case of emergency

Once many patients suffer from cancer, the patients and their families will naturally hand over everything to the doctor, treating the doctor as a "god" ". I don't know much about my condition, past treatment processes, and test results. I think these are just the business of doctors. They only need to tell them how to take medicine, how to treat, and how long they have left to live. In fact, it is difficult to have in-depth communication with the doctor. Patients should always maintain a dominant position during the treatment process, assume the responsibility of commander-in-chief, and choose and guide doctors to treat them. This is the true meaning of what has always been called “seeking medical treatment”.

Every time a patient sees a doctor, he or she should focus on the key points of the visit and describe to the doctor the symptoms that bother you most, the problems that need to be solved most, the expected value of disease treatment to be achieved, and the financial investment you can make in the treatment. budget, where you want treatment, etc. First-time patients can also choose special outpatient clinics with relatively ample time for medical treatment. Although the registration price is slightly more expensive, it is much better value for money than some out-of-town patients who buy scalper tickets. The special needs outpatient clinic allows you to have sufficient time to understand your own disease and discuss with the doctor the best and most suitable treatment path for you. Chronic diseases like cancer require time, mutual adaptation and understanding between doctors and patients, patient perseverance and patience, and of course necessary financial support.

Suffering from cancer, the mentality of "hurrying to seek medical treatment" is naturally inevitable, and many unscrupulous businesses have seized on this mentality of patients, driven by the huge profits in the health care product market, to take advantage of the huge profits in the market. False advertising blindfolds consumers and deceives cancer patients.

We know that the main difference between medicines and health products lies in the dosage and usage of various ingredients. Cancer patients often see the same ingredients as medicines in health product advertisements, and mistakenly take health products as medicines in the hope of seeing the miraculous effects promised by the merchants. In the end, the cancer patient not only suffered financial losses, but also delayed his illness, lost his wife and lost his army, which was not worth the loss. Cancer patients should trust the hospital and formal treatment. There is currently no specific drug for cancer, and there is no panacea in this world. Only by receiving professional treatment can you have a chance to be cured.

By not concealing the condition from the patient, you can seize the opportunity for treatment

In my country, due to the influence of traditional concepts, family members often ask the hospital to cooperate in hiding the condition from the patient out of goodwill. The truth is that describing cancer as not yet, malignancy as benign, and late stage as early stage may indeed give patients temporary psychological comfort or balance. But not to mention that this kind of concealment deprives patients of their right to know, it is also very harmful in terms of medical treatment. In the outpatient clinic, we often see some family members rushing into the clinic to ask the doctor to conceal the patient's condition. Out of respect and understanding, the doctor usually agrees. After the diagnosis and treatment, the family members first took the patient away, and then told the doctor the patient's true condition, taking out the real examination report that had been hidden in advance, and even the real medical records recording the previous diagnosis and treatment. Such a medical consultation process not only disrupts the doctor's correct judgment, but also causes patients to take their condition lightly and reduce treatment compliance.

In addition, we have also found in clinical practice that some patients actually do not receive true communication from their family members and medical staff, and may mistakenly believe that their condition is worse than it actually is, which in turn increases their ideological burden, and even You may also develop a negative or rebellious attitude towards treatment and miss good opportunities for treatment, which is frustrating. Therefore, before seeking medical treatment, family members should not only inform the patient of the true condition, but also do a good job in thinking about the patient and explain it in detail. In this way, doctors can communicate better with patients without having to hide and avoid, but can better help them reduce difficulties and pain.

Treat adverse reactions correctly during treatment

During cancer treatment, some adverse reactions often occur, any of which will make patients and their families miserable. Loss of confidence to continue treatment. Or because radiotherapy and chemotherapy can eliminate tumor cells on a large scale, they can also cause harm to normal body cells, damage righteousness, and affect the quality of life.

The occurrence of adverse drug reactions is related to a variety of factors, such as the effect of the drug on cells, route of administration, distribution in the body, activation speed and degree in tissues, intensity and speed of inactivation in tissues, etc. . The same drug may have different toxic effects due to different usage methods. The toxicity of drugs to the body is also selective. Some drugs have severe bone marrow suppression but mild vomiting effects; some drugs have severe vomiting effects but mild bone marrow suppression. Some drugs that suppress bone marrow mainly inhibit the growth of white blood cells, and some mainly inhibit the growth of platelets. Drugs that cause emesis also have different effects on onset and duration of action.

When using multi-drug combination chemotherapy, the cancer cell killing rate usually increases and the toxicity often increases. Since the liver is the main metabolizing organ of drugs, drugs are excreted mainly through the kidneys and secondarily through the feces through bile. Therefore, various anti-tumor drugs cause varying degrees of damage to the liver and kidneys.

There are many ways to classify adverse reactions, including acute toxicity, subacute toxicity and chronic toxicity according to the time of occurrence; reversible toxicity and irreversible toxicity according to outcome; and classification by affected organs and systems. There are hematopoietic system, gastrointestinal tract, liver, urinary system, heart, lungs, nervous system, skin and its appendages, blood vessels and other special organs; others include allergies, immune suppression, etc.;

Traditional Chinese medicine has certain advantages and unique curative effects in the treatment of adverse effects and toxic side effects of tumor surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. For example, liver function damage caused by chemotherapy can be treated by strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, soothing the liver and stomach, regulating qi, and detoxifying methods. The appropriate medicines for regulating the spleen and stomach are: "light, light, light and light" to avoid being warm and dry; for bone marrow suppression caused by chemotherapy, it can replenish qi and blood, benefit the spleen and kidneys, and be used to treat it by promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis; for early treatment of radiation pneumonitis, keep the prescription In the case of the disease, use Xuan (clearing the lungs), Jiang (lowering the lungs), Tong (unblocking the lung collaterals), and Hua (resolving phlegm), and use Qing (clearing the lungs) and moistening (moistening the lungs) as appropriate to treat it, and pay attention to regulating the lungs and regulating both the lungs and the lungs. The five internal organs... can all receive ideal curative effects. For others, such as cancer pain, intractable hiccups, vomiting, anorexia, etc., when disease differentiation is combined, in addition to the use of Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, cupping, compresses and other traditional Chinese medicine physical therapies can also be used to achieve certain therapeutic effects and help Patients are relieved of tumor pain.

Rely on self-rehabilitation treatment

Rational diet and health care treatment Dietary conditioning is of great significance for nutritional support, functional recovery and physical enhancement. As the saying goes, "Those who gain grain will prosper, and those who lose it will perish." It is not easy to learn to "eat" scientifically. Improper diet and imbalance of hunger and fullness are enough to hurt people. On the one hand, if the grain is not eaten for half a day, the Qi will be weak, and if the Qi is less for a day, the Qi will be less. On the other hand, if the food is doubled, the intestines and stomach will be hurt.

It is common for cancer patients to have a picky diet and not pay attention to variety. In clinical practice, I once encountered a patient with pancreatic cancer who ate two soft-shelled turtles after the illness. As a result, he developed severe pancreatitis. Rescue efforts were ineffective and he lived for less than 2 weeks. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five flavors of sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty can nourish people, but partial cravings can also hurt people. In layman's terms, it is much better to "eat miscellaneously" than to "eat pickyly." Many cancer patients often ask their doctors: "What kind of food should I eat more?" In fact, there are degrees of "eating more" and "eating less". In a certain sense, do not force yourself to eat more or eat less, but should be: "eat whatever you want", use a variety of grains, pay attention to the intake of vegetables and fruits, moderately adjust vegetarian and meat foods and emphasize vegetarian food choices to make the diet "lively and diverse".

The so-called "taboo" issue often attracts the attention of patients and their families.

Because there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "the change of the paste can produce a large penis", some information raises the issue of taboos for cancer, and even overemphasizes the taboos. The author believes that it is not advisable to be too particular about this, as many issues lack clinical and experimental research. Cancer patients should pay attention to eating more light and easy-to-digest foods and eat less greasy, fatty and fried foods. They should treat them flexibly according to their own specific conditions and not have any particular preferences. Overemphasis on taboos is not conducive to nutritional support.

Have a regular daily life and exercise moderately. Cancer patients should pay attention to "having a regular daily life and not working rashly" during treatment and recovery. You should live carefully, adapt to the climate, and avoid evil spirits. First, we must pay attention to the combination of movement and stillness, and moderate work and rest. Exercise should be diverse, including physical exercise, qigong, tai chi, dance, etc. To "tune the mind" in tranquility, you must not only pay attention to the exhaustion of energy caused by overexertion, but also be careful of the congestion of energy caused by overexertion. Second, we must pay attention to the step-by-step process and do not act too hastily. We must understand that haste makes waste. Third, we must pay attention to perseverance. It is particularly worth mentioning that when the body experiences some discomfort or there are signs of recurrence of the condition, you should promptly ask a doctor for diagnosis and treatment or examination, and you cannot blindly follow exercise. Fourth, we must pay attention to combining it with emotional adjustment, and organically combine "training the body" and "training the mind."

Adhere to drug conditioning. The recovery of symptoms during cancer rehabilitation treatment, including the recovery of certain injuries to the body during tumor treatment, must also rely on drug conditioning. Patients must understand that cancer is a chronic disease and requires long-term treatment (5 years of treatment) to prevent recurrence and metastasis. Coupled with the adverse effects and toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, long-term drug conditioning is essential.

Most cancer patients will become tired of treatment after one and a half years of treatment. This is a problem that patients, their families and doctors should pay attention to, and should be mentally prepared in advance.

Scientific supplementation is often involved in the rehabilitation treatment of cancer patients. On the one hand, this is because many patients do have "deficiency" to varying degrees. On the other hand, many tonics have immune-regulating effects and can suppress cancer through strengthening, so tonic methods are widely used.

Cancer patients need to be careful not to take excessive supplements. As soon as autumn and winter come, some patients ask doctors to take supplements for them, or even "secretly" take supplements themselves, which in the end worsens their condition. This violates the principle of "replenishing deficiencies" in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. After replenishing, the evil spirits will stay in the body and not come out.

Professor Yu Erxin from Fudan University Cancer Hospital believes that in cancer treatment, it is very important to regulate the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are the foundation of acquired diseases and the source of Qi and blood biochemistry. Cancer often occurs due to damage to the spleen and stomach, and cancer treatment often damages the spleen and stomach. Therefore, in the treatment and recovery of cancer, the importance of regulating the spleen and stomach becomes even more prominent. To regulate the spleen and stomach, it is advisable to choose sweet and light medicines to "avoid congestion and nourishing, and avoid nourishing greasiness". You should also pay attention to slow adjustment and give time.

In addition, we should also pay attention to the principle that "medicine supplements are not as good as food supplements, and food supplements are not as good as spiritual supplements".

In cancer treatment and rehabilitation, the scientific and correct use of tonics to enhance the patient's physical condition and successfully overcome cancer is an issue that both doctors and patients should pay attention to.

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Xi'an Cancer Hospital is at No. 207, Changle West Road, Xi'an, and get off at Anrenfang (East China Garment City) station, which is on the north side of the road) .