In cancer treatment, surgery is the most important treatment method, especially when early cancer cells have not spread, the operation effect is very good. However, surgery also has certain disadvantages. For example, it is only suitable for early solid tumors, and the effect is

In cancer treatment, surgery is the most important treatment method, especially when early cancer cells have not spread, the operation effect is very good. However, surgery also has certain disadvantages. For example, it is only suitable for early solid tumors, and the effect is not very ideal for middle- and late-stage tumors where cancer cells have spread and metastasized.

In clinical practice, for early cancer patients, surgery is still the first choice for patients. The surgery can directly remove the tumor, and the patient's chance of obtaining clinical cure is also relatively high. But not all patients are suitable for surgery. The surgery is suitable for small early tumors, and the patient's own condition is also suitable for surgery. However, patients with these conditions are not recommended for surgery, including those with cachexia, severe anemia, dehydration and severe nutritional metabolism disorders that cannot be corrected or improved in the short term; those with severe heart, liver, kidney, lung diseases, or high fever, severe infectious diseases, etc. that cannot tolerate the surgery; those with metastasis at the lesions; those with high difficulty in the operation and unclear boundaries and cannot be removed cleanly by the surgery.

The traditional surgical method, in order to "eliminate all evils" and prevent metastasis, often widely remove surrounding tissues, causing great damage to patients. It even causes adverse consequences such as disfigurement during surgery. In addition, the surgical incision is large and bleeding a lot. The incision area after the operation is often accompanied by pain, soreness, and numbness. In particular, the scar left behind not only affects the appearance, but also brings negative social and psychological effects. In addition, the patient's postoperative recovery is slow, the hospital stay is longer, and the cost is relatively higher.

For cancer patients who are not suitable for surgery, if the surgery is forced, in addition to the above defects, the patient's postoperative recovery time will be extended, and the comprehensive treatment such as chemotherapy that should be performed after the operation will also be postponed. At the same time, the greater the trauma of the surgery, the easier it is to lower the immunity, and over time, the tumor will be more likely to spread.

At the same time, advanced cancer is generally not recommended for surgery. Even if you want to do it, you must be very cautious. Rampant surgery may be of no benefit to survival time, not only cost money. However, when a tumor has surgical emergency, the surgery has to be performed, such as colorectal cancer causing intestinal obstruction or intestinal perforation. If the surgery is not performed, it will be life-threatening in a short period of time. At this time, it is usually an enterostomy surgery to relieve intestinal obstruction. For example, breast cancer metastasizes to the spine, causing spinal fracture to compress the nerves, and the patients who do not undergo surgery will be paralyzed; tumor brain metastases, leading to increased intracranial pressure, and brain hernia will cause to die without surgery. gastric cancer invades blood vessels and causes gastric bleeding. If the surgery is not performed, the patient will experience hemorrhagic shock. These surgeries are only emergency surgery and do not significantly help the treatment of tumors. Regular treatment is still required after the operation.

There are strict indications for surgery. It is not just from the perspective of tumors, but also from the patient's physical condition and the benefits of the patient. It is not a surgery for the sake of surgery. No matter how good the surgery is, the patient's survival time is not extended or even shortened, so it is meaningless. Surgery is not omnipotent. After all, surgery is a traumatic treatment for patients. Therefore, first of all, we must fully consider the specific situation of the patient and be "appropriate for the person".

​Secondly, on the basis of determining the operation, consider how to grasp the "degree" of the operation, which has an important impact on the later recovery of cancer patients. To achieve good clinical results, a sufficient evaluation of the patient's condition must be made before surgery. Such cases are common in clinical practice. Just after lung cancer surgery, brain metastasis was found. This treatment also invisibly brought pain and stress to the patients. For advanced tumors that have metastasized and spread, surgery is more harmful than good. At this time, the purpose of the surgery is more to eliminate comorbidities such as obstruction and bleeding caused by the tumor.

After surgery, traditional Chinese medicine treatment can reduce the side effects of the surgery, improve the body's functions, and prevent the recurrence and metastasis of tumors.After the tumor, the vital energy is severely damaged and the qi and blood are depleted. However, the phlegm, blood stasis, and residual poison in the body still exist. The deficiency is full, and the body's resistance, self-stabilization function and disease resistance are reduced to the extreme. After the operation, traditional Chinese medicine can fight infection, relieve cancer pain, improve weakness, control cancer development, and attenuate and increase efficacy.

Common methods of postoperative treatment with traditional Chinese medicine include spleen and stomach regulation, qi and strengthening the exterior method, yin and fluid production method, and clear heat and detoxification method. Treatment in the later stage of the surgery is mainly to eliminate residual cancer cell foci. At this time, we should treat the patient with syndrome differentiation and treatment, combining the positive and eliminate evil, and strengthen the positive to regulate the patient's yin, yang, qi, blood, and internal organs. While strengthening the body, it is advisable to use phlegm-relieving and detoxifying products. This can not only improve patients' ability to resist diseases, maintain the balance of the internal environment, but also control the development of residual cancer cells to prevent recurrence and metastasis.