“In terms of the current medical treatment, Western medicine mainly focuses on the biological characteristics of the tumor, the size of the mass, whether there is metastasis, etc. The focus falls on ‘the person who has cancer’, and emphasizes local treatment; while the focus of TCM treatment is ‘the person who has cancer. The focus of TCM treatment is on the person who has cancer, emphasizing the whole body condition and the overall diagnosis and treatment.” Professor Zhou explained that in the treatment of malignant tumors, Western medicine mainly works on local lesions through surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which is effective for early and mid-stage cancer; while TCM emphasizes comprehensive treatment, including the regulation of the seven emotions, release of stress, regular work and rest, reasonable health care, tumor therapeutics and other aspects of cooperation. If Western medicine and TCM are combined, it is a complete concept of treating the disease with local focus and taking into account the whole body, and if combined well, the efficacy will definitely be improved. For patients with advanced cancer, there are not many options available in Western medicine, but if combined with TCM, the quality of life of patients can be improved. If Western medicine and Chinese medicine are combined, it is a complete concept of treating the disease with local focus and taking into account the whole person, and if combined well, the efficacy will definitely be improved. At present, the anti-tumor effect of Chinese medicine has been recognized by the industry, but unfortunately, many tumor patients are looking for Chinese medicine only when they are in serious condition, when there is no medicine to save them from western medicine and when they cannot operate. If we delay until the patient’s body function is too poor before seeking Chinese medicine treatment, it will also be hopeless. “Surviving with tumor” is a pragmatic approach. After effective anti-tumor treatment, the common cancer symptoms (such as bleeding, cancer pain, coughing, difficulty in swallowing, etc.) will gradually reduce or even disappear, the tumor will be stable or grow slowly, the cancer cells will no longer spread, the condition will be stable or even improve in the long run, and the quality of life will be improved. Due to the insidious nature of tumor onset, many tumors are already in the middle and late stages of development and cannot be treated radically. Now the world has reached a consensus that because tumor is a chronic non-infectious systemic disease, the efficacy of a single method is not very satisfactory, and a multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment must be adopted, because incomplete surgical excision is prone to recurrence, and the mass is too large to be completely eliminated by chemotherapy, so palliative treatment is applicable to middle and late stage treatment, and Chinese medicine can play an active role in this regard. “It can be said that ‘survival with tumor’ is a pragmatic treatment method for mid- to late-stage cancer at present.” From the perspective of modern medicine, cancer is caused by the combination of genetic mutation and epigenetic regulation, and there is still no way to use drugs to reverse this genetic mutation and “kill” cancer cells in the body. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, during the process of tumor development, the positive energy of the body confronts with the evil energy of the tumor, and through the treatment of “supporting the positive energy and eliminating the evil energy”, Chinese medicine as an epigenetic regulator, it is entirely possible to “survive with tumor”. “The Chinese medicine, as an epigenetic modulator, may be able to survive with tumor. Professor Zhou stressed that “survival with tumor” should be understood as if hypertension is taking long-term antihypertensive drugs or diabetes is taking long-term hypoglycemic drugs, so as to eliminate excessive worry and even panic of patients, which is more conducive to treatment.