Primary liver cancer (abbreviated as hepatocellular carcinoma) is a malignant tumor occurring from intrahepatic bile duct cells or hepatocytes, which is one of the common malignant tumors in China. Early stage liver cancer is mainly treated by surgery, interventional therapy, local ablation therapy, immunotherapy, etc. However, most liver cancers are already in the middle and late stages when diagnosed, and western medical treatment has certain limitations; but at the same time, Chinese medicine treatment has certain advantages, which can improve postoperative status, enhance patients' immunity, improve patients' systemic symptoms, and help improve life quality. In this paper, we review the advantages of Western medical treatment combined with TCM in the treatment of primary hepatocellular carcinoma.

Furong Cheng, Hailong Si. Advantages of Combined Chinese and Western Medicine in Treating Liver Cancer. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2023) Vol. 4, Issue 2: 47-52. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2023.040208.

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