A new global cancer survey released by the American Cancer Society shows that about 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2007, an average of more than 20,000 per day! Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have warned in Geneva that the annual number of cancer deaths worldwide could double by 2020, with 84 million people dying of cancer in the next 10 years! Over the decades, we have only improved the treatment of early-stage cancer and the mechanism of cancer has only shown the tip of the iceberg. Is it still very far for mankind to fully uncover the truth about cancer? Are doctors still helpless to treat cancer? In fact, we believe that cancer is only a chronic disease that can be prevented and treated. The revelation of “one quarter”: As early as in the late 1980s, I noticed that some medical experts in the United States reported that among the autopsies of elderly people aged 80 or above, about 1/4 of them had tumors in their bodies, but these elderly people did not have any symptoms related to cancer before they were born, and their deaths were due to other diseases or causes. In other words, in the elderly body. It is very natural for tumors to appear. Recently, there is a returnee scholar, Professor Huang and Peng, who is engaged in immunology research in Europe. He complained that he had autopsied nearly 200 cases of cadavers every year, and all the 80-year-olds had insidious, asymptomatic tumors (cancer) in their bodies. He predicted that if the average life expectancy of human beings reached 1 00-1 20 years. There would be 3-4 tumors in each individual. But in most cases. These tumors (cancers) do not necessarily threaten the quality of life of the elderly, or even do not affect their survival period under certain conditions. We can also find supporting information: take the Shanghai area and the United States as examples. If the average life expectancy of a person is 80 years, 80×3/1000=240/1000, i.e. 24/1 00, about 1/4 of the people will seek treatment for cancer in their lifetime. This could not be clearer than to show that cancer is a chronic disease. It is a common disease that comes with aging. Experts from the National Center for Disease Control recently predicted that 47% of men and 32% of women will die from cancer, assuming a life expectancy of 90 years for U.S. citizens! The rest die from other diseases, etc. …… In other words. It can even be argued that cancer is also an important mechanism by which nature regulates human life, bringing it into balance and keeping it from becoming severely out of balance. Considering that many elderly people may have hidden, asymptomatic tumors in their bodies, Professor Huang’s claim that “100% of the elderly have cancer” is not nonsense. These facts have led to a series of deeper thoughts: for example. How do you think about tumors (cancer)? How to treat (prevent and cure) malignant tumors, especially those in the elderly? In our opinion, first of all, it is impossible for human beings to overcome cancer, but only to prevent the occurrence of certain cancers or to slow down or delay their occurrence, to improve the quality of survival of tumor patients and to prolong their survival with cancer. Why? Because by nature. Most tumors that occur in the elderly are a kind of physiological deviation that is unavoidable along with the aging process of the body. Just like the elderly will suffer from osteoporosis and brain tissue degeneration (progeria). It is well known. Cancer cells are cells (mainly stem cells) with a differentiation disorder, which means that the cells have a deviation in the replication process, which is an unavoidable biological phenomenon. It is because of this deviation. It is the organisms that evolve or decay. The older you get. The more cells replicate, the higher the probability of deviation. The probability of deviation is higher. Therefore. Older people are prone to tumor development. Of course, the functions of immune surveillance, recognition and cleaning system of the elderly are also weakening with aging. Therefore, the abnormal differentiated cancer cells are difficult to be recognized and removed in time. Since it is a kind of physiological deviation, and since it is difficult to avoid, our focus is to prevent its premature appearance and its premature or excessive damage to life. Studies have shown that 80% of cancers in clinical practice today are related to poor lifestyle. Efforts to correct poor lifestyles such as alcoholism, smoking, and excessive fat eating can reduce the risk of cancer by at least 30-40%. can reduce the occurrence of tumors by at least 30% to 40% and delay the age at which many tumors appear. In addition, after middle and old age, proper use of some adjustment preparations, especially those Chinese medicines with clear immune regulation, induction of cell differentiation and apoptosis, is effective in preventing or delaying the occurrence of cancer. This is because it can play a fundamental role in preventing the development of cancer. Cancer development: a gradual and chronic process Modern research has clearly revealed the fact that the development of cancer requires a long-term and gradual process, going through multiple stages. It usually takes 10 to 20 years, or even longer, to evolve from normal cells to cancer cells and then to form tumors. When the risk factors damage the body’s defense system severely and the repair ability is reduced. Cancer can only occur when intracellular genetic variants accumulate to a certain level. Cancer cells are the result of impaired differentiation of stem cells. Stem cells are affected by oncogenic factors and other factors during the differentiation process, and the normal differentiation process is disturbed, producing cells with disturbed and immature differentiation, which completely or partially lose the structure and function of normal cells. However, a single cancer cell is not enough to cause harm. Only when the growth and reproduction of these cancer cells are unrestricted, increasing over a long period of time and forming a considerable “power”, for example, when the number of cancer cells in solid tumors reaches 1 million. 10 million or more, or when the number of cancer cells in blood grows to an astronomical number, will symptoms appear and constitute a threat to the health and life of the body. The threat to the health of the body. Therefore, we consider cancer as a type of disease that involves many factors and is mainly related to its own internal cellular metabolism. It often has a slow developmental process of “internal disorder”. Each person has both proto-oncogenes and anti-oncogenes. Under normal circumstances, they are in a state of sequestration, but under special circumstances, the activation of proto-oncogenes or the loss of anti-oncogenes will lead to cancer, and the activation of proto-oncogenes and loss of anti-oncogenes are often related to external factors such as people’s lifestyle and life behavior, so cancer is also considered as a lifestyle disease. Mantle disease. Poor lifestyle affects the development of cancer by exacerbating “internal disorders”. Although the majority of cancer patients have progressive disease development, like most chronic diseases, there is a long incubation period and no attack within a short period of time, and there is a long development process from attack to death… We have every reason to believe that treating cancer as a chronic disease is theoretically justified and clinically feasible. Around 2000, when I was the director of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Taiwanese oncology colleague visited me and we had a good talk. He thought that “cancer is just a chronic disease that can be cured”. I was stunned for a moment. He continued, “Isn’t it? I have many patients on my hands who have lived beyond 5 years and are doing well!” Yes, I also have at least 70% of my clinic patients who have survived 5 years, and thousands in total! This is not. What is “Mann STD”? Besides, weren’t all of these patients on “death row” who had been sentenced to live only a few months to a year? They are all alive and well now! After listening to his explanation, we were energized and exchanged many examples together. We agreed that for most tumor patients, what they suffer from is just a chronic disease like coronary heart disease and hypertension, which is difficult to treat, but by no means incurable. This colleague even determined that: malignant-not knowing tumor is sometimes much better than coronary heart disease and diabetes. Many tumor patients can be completely stable or even cured after 5 years, and no longer need regular medication. In contrast, patients with coronary heart disease, diabetes and hypertension can only take medication for life. I totally agree with his viewpoint. It is because among the nearly 1,000 fully recovered patients I have personally treated. Most of them no longer have to take their medication every day with fear and trepidation. As a result of such a pleasant exchange and the new understanding of cancer constantly expressed by some important medical figures or organizations, I have become more and more confident to express such a subversive new viewpoint in different occasions: “For the elderly, cancer is just a chronic disease. Cancer is just a chronic disease.” Recently. Recently, Dr. Huang, a returnee professor, with his long experience in autopsy, concluded that 100% of elderly people who died at the age of 80 had tumors in their bodies. As a senior “returnee” immunologist, he also believes that the occurrence of tumor is a normal process in biological evolution, which is related to the mutation in the process of DNA replication. Such mutations are unavoidable, and the evolution of species is based on such mutations. Therefore, according to Prof. Huang: for elderly tumor patients, it is just a chronic disease, a physiological process that is difficult to avoid. He especially emphasized that: the older you get, the lower the risk (i.e. the older you are. The slower the natural development of tumor, the less threatening and harmful it is). This is similar to what we originally advocated that elderly tumor patients are “cancer of happy age”. “It even has some positive effects, which can prompt patients to pay more attention to their reasonable lifestyle and improve their bad behaviors. Thus, it is beneficial to health. In fact, since 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international authorities have changed their minds and redefined “cancer” as an “incurable disease” as a “chronic disease” that can be treated, controlled or even cured. chronic disease”. Academician Sun Yan, a senior medical oncology authority of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, has clearly pointed out that “in fact, for ordinary people, more and more cancers may be like diabetes in the future. It is just an ordinary chronic disease. As long as prevention is strengthened. Early detection and early treatment, coupled with new drugs that are more and more ‘on target’, cancer is not that scary.” These views are undoubtedly correct. It is a complete reversal of the traditional misconceptions that “cancer is incurable” and “cancer is equal to death”. Today, we should spread this correct concept even more justifiably because it has important practical significance. A large proportion of patients in clinical practice are misled by wrong views or suffer from mental breakdowns. Or, as a result, they perish due to over-treatment. The six-word policy “combination punch” against cancer Tumor is a kind of chronic disease that is difficult to be treated. In order to deal with tumors, human beings should play a “combination punch” and emphasize comprehensive measures. Based on the practice in the past 20 years, we have summarized the six-word policy of medicine, knowledge, mind, food and body as the core content of the “combination fist”, which has been implemented for more than 10 years. The results are remarkable. The so-called “medical” is the physician, a variety of medical measures. In addition to the well-known surgery and chemotherapy, we also emphasize that oncology physicians give the patients. It is not only the medical treatment related to the treatment of tumor, but also can give more. Many of our old patients often come to see us once in half a month, once in a month or once in three or five months, or to change their prescriptions, to hear advice and encouragement; some, frankly speaking, just want to come to feel the atmosphere of round-table treatment, to hear what we have to say, to cheer themselves up. “Recharge”! From time to time, we come to feel it. When you go back, you’ll feel much more at ease. In fact, they are seeking a sense of “belonging”, a kind of positive interaction between the group. The so-called “medicine” is the Chinese and Western medicines that we give, which is also the main body of the “combination” in the treatment. Of course, we mainly use Chinese medicine, including soup prescriptions, protocols and tablets. From time to time, we also suggest some necessary western medicine, which must be in accordance with the patient’s genuine need, with minimum cost and maximum benefit. Knowledge” is the cognition, knowledge and attitude. There is a common misconception about cancer, which leads to a series of problems. Especially psychological problems. These are the root cause of people’s high fear of cancer and one of the causes of the high mortality rate of tumors. Cognitive therapy believes that only when the problem of perception is changed can correct knowledge and corresponding rational coping process be formed and correct attitude be developed. Therefore, we put “knowledge” in a very important position. The first thing a physician should give to a patient is a correct understanding of cancer. The so-called “heart” is the spiritual psychology. Psychotherapy is not just an empty word or an embellishment, it is real. It is real and effective. It is full of ethics, wisdom, methods and techniques. The so-called “food” is about diet. By maintaining good nutrition, cancer patients can improve and consolidate the effect of treatment. The diet can be comprehensively adjusted according to different conditions, age, physique, hobbies and other characteristics. It is not advisable to avoid too much food. The principles of freshness, nutrition, lightness, right taste, less food and more meals should be mastered. Recently, based on the 2nd edition of Dietary Guidelines for Oncology Patients (January 2007) released by the World Cancer Research Fund after organizing global experts’ discussion, we have incorporated our knowledge about the diet of Chinese oncology patients. We have incorporated first-hand information from our survey on the dietary habits of Chinese oncology patients. The Chinese version of the “Dietary Guidelines for Oncology Patients” was compiled with reference to the research on the dietary behavior, habits and culture of Chinese people, in which dietary contraindications are answered by different cancer types. The so-called “body” is the issue of physical exercise. About physical exercise. Cancer rehabilitation paradise in various places has organized a new Guo Lin Qigong, which has formed a practice and system, and the tumor students generally reflect that the effect is very good, so they can seek support from related organizations in similar places respectively. In short, to deal with the more difficult problems, only with the help of “combinations”. Medical, medicine, knowledge, mind, food and body are the core elements of the “combination fist” to deal with chronic tumor diseases.