Post-operative recurrence of kidney cancer, bone tastasis, no chance of another surgery.
Once bone tastasis has occurred, the opportunity for further surgery is basically lost.
Moreover, Western dicine primarily relies on dication or chemotherapy to control it, which can easily accelerate the decline in the life of a cancer patient.
Thinking of this, Lu Xuan murmured, "I can’t say how much longer it can be extended; it depends on the subsequent treatnt effects. The philosophy between traditional Chinese dicine and Western dicine differs. When it cos to cancer, traditional Chinese dicine generally advocates for patients to live with cancer, which is to use thods to control the spread of cancer cells, while alleviating the suffering cancer causes to the patient.
When it cos to the ans by which traditional Chinese dicine controls cancer, the origin of cancer must be ntioned.
The formation of cancer originates from the malignant transformation of a single cell. This type of cell does not comply with the body’s normal regulation; it has autonomy in behavior, and it is irreversible.
The treatnt of cancer in Western dicine consistently focuses on "eliminating all cancer cells," primarily using radical surgery and high-dose radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Traditional approaches to cancer treatnt overly pursue thorough cures, using drugs to "bombard" tumor cells repeatedly. Sotis, not trusting radical surgery, they might even expand the scope to ensure a cure, to prevent the spread of cancer cells to other areas.
The invasion of the disease plus the enormous trauma from dical treatnt causes patients to severely lose Primordial Qi.
However, as early as the 1980s, the World Health Organization proposed the "one-third" doctrine for cancer treatnt: one-third of tumors can be cured, one-third of tumor patients can live with the tumor, and for one-third of tumor patients, life can actually be extended. This is actually quite similar to the philosophy of traditional Chinese dicine."
At this point, Lu Xuan paused, then continued, "With the deepening of cancer research, especially with the new understanding of the concept of malignant tumors, the principles of treating cancer in Western dicine have also undergone significant changes, starting to emphasize that the body’s overall condition is most important as it determines the ultimate fate of the host.
The natural growth rate of cancer is variable, and effective treatnt does not require the tumor to be completely eliminated.
In fact, in adults, that is, in us, tumors exist more or less. It’s just that most of them are not discovered, not diagnosed as ’cancer,’ so one could say that we are all in an unknowing state of ’living with tumors.’
Yu Xiaowan’s face froze, obviously frightened by Lu Xuan’s statent.
In this era of cancer phobia, Lu Xuan spoke of how most people are actually in a state of living with tumors, which to an ordinary person like Xiaowan is extrely shocking, and her face involuntarily changed, becoming sowhat unpleasant, even with a trace of concern in her eyes.
Especially considering her father, Yu Yunxing, is himself a cancer patient, one can only imagine the impact of Lu Xuan’s words on Xiaowan.
Not just Yu Xiaowan, even Ji Xiuwen and Su Kenan, at this mont, after hearing Lu Xuan’s words, couldn’t help but take a breath, being sowhat shocked.
"Doesn’t this an we might all be in a state of living with tumors?" Ji Xiuwen took a deep breath and couldn’t help asking.
"You could say that."
Lu Xuan explained, "The human body contains tens of trillions of cells, and these cells are constantly dividing in our bodies. During cell division, there are always one or two cells that will undergo so mutation, changing in an uncontrollable direction for the body. But these changes, in almost all cases, are found and cleared by the body’s immune system.
But there are so cases where this mutation escapes the clearance of the body’s immune system and thus survives. However, most of these anomalies are benign and do not affect our lives, so there is no need to worry too much,"
Ji Xiuwen nodded.
Yu Xiaowan’s expression also improved a lot.
Lu Xuan looked at the three of them and said, "Returning to the matter of living with cancer, for those patients who are ’living with cancer’ yet undiscovered, it might be a kind of luck, because for patients with thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, or breast cancer, the cancer is originally in a relatively static state, and whether or not to treat it actually does not affect the patient’s quality of life.
But if they are accidentally found during a physical examination, they would hastily undergo surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy amidst panic, with unknown prognoses.
The concept of ’living with tumors’ now refers to patients who, after treatnt, are in a relatively balanced state with their body and tumor, where tumor cells are in a ’static’ or ’dormant’ state for a certain period, and the body still has a certain immune response to cancer. The patient generally is in good condition, can even work and live independently, and the condition is stable and tends to improve over ti.
Western dicine’s understanding and treatnt principles of tumors have undoubtedly moved closer to traditional Chinese dicine’s understanding and treatnt principles. This proves that the introduction of the concept of ’living with cancer’ aligns more with traditional Chinese dicine theories, shifting from a localized view in Western dicine to an overall view in traditional Chinese dicine, which combines the reinforcent of upright Qi and the expulsion of evil, or the combination of ’attack’ and ’support,’ to achieve long-term coexistence of the patient and cancer.
This is the real attitude towards treating cancer. Instead of imdiately resorting to extre therapeutic asures upon discovering cancer, which not only fails to cure the disease but also may cause the patient to suffer a severe loss of Primordial Qi due to the various treatnt thods.
Speaking of these, one must ntion that there is finally a consensus between Western and traditional Chinese dicine regarding cancer treatnt. Or it could be said that Western dicine is transitioning towards the principles of traditional Chinese dicine, viewing cancer as a chronic disease, and treating cancer as a prolonged battle.
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