Liver cancer is the third most common malignant tumor after gastric cancer and esophageal cancer in terms of mortality rate. The symptoms are not obvious in the early stage, but mainly manifest as liver pain, weakness, emaciation, jaundice, ascites and other symptoms in late stage. Clinically, the combination of surgery, radiotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine is usually adopted in western medicine, but the cure rate of advanced stage patients is low due to the spread of cancer cells, therefore, early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment of liver cancer should be achieved. We should do a good job in preventing liver cancer and adhere to the seven-word policy of “managing water, managing food and preventing hepatitis”. Most of the cancer patients are told that they have cancer without any preparation. Faced with the fearful cancer diagnosis and complicated anti-cancer treatment, many patients and their family members are often overwhelmed, and the fear and anxiety of patients and family members often affect the correct decision of cancer treatment and the smooth implementation of future treatment. The experiences of the following three patients are the three wrong tendencies that tend to occur in cancer treatment. Fear of cancer and giving up treatment Xiao Wang accompanied his uncle who was suffering from advanced liver cancer to the hospital and had a checkup for himself, but unexpectedly he was also diagnosed with liver cancer. Xiao Wang looked at the diagnosis of liver cancer on his medical record, and then looked at his uncle who had advanced liver cancer, and his mind was blank. Wang couldn’t accept this fact and couldn’t listen to any of the doctor’s advice about further examination and preparation for surgery. Isn’t cancer an “incurable disease”? Isn’t liver cancer the “king of cancer”? Fear of cancer made Wang give up further examination and treatment. In less than four months after returning to his hometown, he died of liver cancer. Liver cancer is indeed a highly malignant tumor, and if left untreated after symptoms appear, the survival time is 3 to 6 months. In the past, liver was considered a forbidden area for surgery, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy were ineffective for liver cancer, so people could not do anything about liver cancer, which is called the “king of cancers”. Nowadays, the treatment effect of liver cancer has been significantly improved, and surgery has become the conventional treatment method for liver cancer, and the five-year survival rate after surgery is 20% to 40% (the five-year survival rate after surgery for early stage liver cancer is as high as 50% to 60%); many non-surgical treatments for liver cancer, such as interventional therapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, radiofrequency ablation therapy, cryotherapy, etc., have been effectively used for liver cancer patients who cannot be operated. Even for advanced liver cancer, active palliative treatment can still be used to relieve pain and improve or enhance the quality of life. Indiscriminate use of prescriptions Ms. Zhang unintentionally found a lump in her right breast and was diagnosed as breast cancer when she went to the hospital for examination. After the surgery, the doctor recommended her to receive further radiotherapy, chemotherapy and endocrine therapy. However, Ms. Zhang followed the advice of a cancer patient and gave up post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but chose to go to a “cancer doctor” to take prescriptions, plus some health pills, health food and qigong practice. Less than six months after the surgery, Ms. Zhang’s breast cancer recurred and metastasized in her chest wall and body. Ms. Zhang was obviously very wise to bravely undergo surgery after suffering from breast cancer. If she continued to follow medical advice and received further radiotherapy, chemotherapy and endocrine therapy instead of seeking prescriptions, taking health supplements, etc., I believe she had a good chance of being cured. In most cases, breast cancer requires comprehensive treatment, because comprehensive treatment can significantly improve the effectiveness of cancer treatment, and the progress of breast cancer treatment is an example of multidisciplinary cooperation and comprehensive treatment of cancer, which has developed from surgery alone to diversified comprehensive treatment such as surgery + adjuvant radiotherapy + adjuvant chemotherapy, and this diversified comprehensive treatment has significantly improved the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment, such as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy for high-risk recurrent patients with axillary lymph node metastasis can reduce cancer recurrence rate by 25% to 40% and mortality rate by 15% to 30%. Mr. Wei received adjuvant chemotherapy after colon cancer surgery, and the toxic side effects should be more obvious, such as loss of appetite, epigastric distention after eating, constipation, weakness and insomnia three weeks after chemotherapy was stopped. The doctor suspected that there was residual cancer in the body and conducted a comprehensive examination, including gastrointestinal X-ray, fiberoptic gastroscopy, fiberoptic colonoscopy, tumor markers, ultrasound, CT, and MRI, but no signs of tumor were found. Further inquiry revealed that the patient was receiving various other informal treatments in addition to the medications prescribed by the doctor. Before three meals a day, the patient took 20 anti-cancer pills, one bowl of anti-cancer decoction, decoction of anti-cancer prescription, appetizer, digestive medicine, multivitamins, blood tonic oral liquid, brain-supporting and tranquilizing liquid, laxative, etc. During three meals, she also took tonic medicine soup, steamed ginseng juice, and eight-precious soup. With such a large amount of medication, it is no wonder that he has symptoms such as loss of appetite, epigastric distension, constipation and weakness. In fact, many cancer patients have similar experiences as Mr. Wei, and even after the end of anti-cancer treatment, they still take various drugs, prescriptions and mono-formulas for a long time. They think these drugs are beneficial and harmless, so why not? Some patients even value drugs and tonic products with inexact efficacy more than meals, and they scrimp and save in order to buy these drugs. In fact, any excessive treatment is not only not beneficial to anti-cancer treatment, but also may seriously affect the regular anti-cancer treatment. This is because some drugs and tonic products may interfere with the normal digestive and absorption functions, aggravate the burden on liver and kidney, add to the psychological and economic burden of patients, and cause a series of problems such as malnutrition, metabolic disorders and psychosomatic disorders. This will not only fail to effectively treat cancer, but also aggravate the disease and interfere with the normal anti-cancer treatment. The above are the examples given for cancer, and I hope you should go to regular hospitals for timely treatment.