TAKING THE PATH OF COMBINING TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE WITH WESTERN MEDICINE IN CANCER RESEARCH AND CONTROL

<正>Chinese oncologists have made great progress on the prevention and treatment of tumor with the combined traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine (WM). Combining TCM with WM features the cancer research and control in China and has obtained world attention. Researches on cancer prevention with TCM. According to the theories of TCM, cancer is the result of the long-term action of carcinogenic factors under the condition of "Internal Insufficiency" of the body. Some chronic inflammatory changes could cause epithelial cell proliferation and malignant changes. Consequently, TCM treatment for precancerous lesions is very important. The interrup tion effect of Liuwei Dihuang decoction (六味地汤) in severe epithelial atypical hyperplasia of