In the last six months, due to the advanced communication technology, especially the rapid development of the Internet media, it provides a great space of convenience for people to exchange information. This provides a great convenience for people who suffer from diseases. However, there are two sides to everything. Modern communication technology represented by the internet has provided a convenient platform for different people from different regions to exchange treatment tips, but it is also easy to mislead some people, for example, in the treatment of difficult blood diseases such as leukemia, there are many phenomena that intentionally or unintentionally mislead patients. From time to time, I also encounter letters or phone calls from friends of patients from all over the country asking whether they can rely on Chinese medicine alone without chemotherapy when they have leukemia. And that certain small hospitals or certain doctors claim to be able to cure leukemia by herbal medicine alone.
According to my more than 20 years of medical experience and comprehensive research in various professional literature, the main treatment methods and means for leukemia, especially acute leukemia, whether acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL), not to mention refractory leukemia, still rely on multiple, regular, time-scale, multi-treatment, and multi-treatment methods. The goal is to achieve control (in professional terms, complete remission) after 2-3 courses of conventional chemotherapy in the early stages of the disease. After complete remission is achieved, consolidation chemotherapy must be administered for a period ranging from 3-5 years. Approximately 30% or more of pediatric patients with acute gonorrhea are ultimately cured with regular, sequential chemotherapy and related supportive therapy. M3 type in adult acute leukemia belongs to a special type. With the widespread use of all-trans retinoic acid in the treatment of this type of leukemia and the clinical use of arsenic trioxide (the active ingredient extracted from the toxic Chinese herbal medicine arsenic), an extract of the active ingredient of Chinese medicine, combined with conventional chemotherapy, the previously poor prognosis of The efficacy of M3 acute leukemia has also been revolutionized and the cure rate has been maintained at more than 30%.
Regarding the application of bone marrow stem cell transplantation technology in the treatment of leukemia, I believe that this provides an effective means for the eradication of leukemia and may be a direction for the future. However, bone marrow transplantation should not be pursued blindly. This is because, in addition to the fact that compatible donors do not agree to be obtained, the cost is also a bottleneck for most people, and perhaps more importantly, the risks that accompany bone marrow transplantation, with many patients failing the transplant resulting in death. Overall, the transplant success rate is not yet more than half, and there is a long way to go to completely eradicate leukemia. Therefore, bone marrow transplantation, although apparently a promising treatment and very powerful, must pay attention to the rationality of its use and be tailored to the individual, not blindly and exaggerating its effects, just as in modern warfare, although nuclear weapons have a powerful deterrent effect on the opposing side in warfare, they cannot be used routinely after all, but should be restricted.
In terms of the use of Chinese medicine, realistically speaking, despite some efficacy, it cannot yet be used as a mainstream treatment option and can only play a supplementary role. Of course, the question about the efficacy of Chinese medicine is still inconclusive and has been controversial, so we need to face and choose carefully. Neither superstition nor blanket denial is a more rational and scientific attitude.