Staging Based Strategies and Practice for Prostate Cancer.
- Author:
Zhi-qiang CHEN
;
Shu-sheng WANG
;
Zun-guang BAI
;
Zhao-hui WANG
;
Li-guo LV
;
Chi-ming GU
;
Song-tao XIANG
;
Rui-xin DAI
;
Shou-lun ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Disease Progression;
Humans;
Male;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Neoplasm Staging;
Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant;
diagnosis;
Quality of Life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
2016;36(6):749-752
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Authors raised that staging based strategies and practice of integrative medicine (IM) by combining syndrome typing and disease identification, and choosing suitable measures in accordance with different persons and seasonal conditions after more than ten years' clinical practice and researches. Radical operation as prior (as evil eliminating) and strengthening vital qi in perioerative period are best strategy for promoting rapid rehabilitation of early stage prostate cancer patients. Strengthening body resistance to eliminate evil was used in treating advanced prostate cancer patients. For example, a comprehensive treatment program for hormone-dependent patients was combined with endocrinotherapy and Chinese herbs for synergisic efficacy-enhancing actions. In this way, these patients' quality of life (QOL) were improved and time to castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) was delayed, even some patients were clinically cured. There are lack of effective medicines and methods for CRPC patients. Greatly tonifying original qi is mainly used for improving their clinical symptoms and prolonging survivals. Practice has proved staging based strategies and practice of IM has favorable advantages in treating prostate cancer, especially showing prospect in prolonging survival and postponing progression of advanced prostate cancer patients. Besides, it also could provide beneficial considerations and inspiration for combination of syndrome typing and disease identification.
