6. Integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment of esophageal cancer
Release time:
2023-05-30 08:55
For esophageal cancer,the main treatment methods of Western medicine include surgery,chemotherapy,radiotherapy,etc.Although it can effectively control the patient's condition and kill tumor cells,it can also cause certain side effects in patients,such as radioactive esophagitis,which reduces the quality of life of patients.Patients who are unable to eat in the advanced stage have poor nutrition.The combined application of traditional Chinese medicine treatment can reduce the performance of some side effects caused by patients during the above-mentioned treatment process,improve the quality of life of patients,and improve the symptoms of patients.While neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer,postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy,palliative chemotherapy,immunotherapy,targeted therapy,and nutritional support therapy,it is supplemented by traditional Chinese medicine treatment to increase efficacy and attenuate toxicity,consolidate the patient's therapeutic effect,and reduce the chance of tumor recurrence and metastasis.
