Diagnosis and Comprehensive Treatment of Malignant Tumors

Author: Yao Yang
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: In the past decade, achievements in basic research and clinical treatment of tumors have advanced tumor prevention and control efforts further. However, the incidence of malignant tumors continues to rise annually, and the situation where tumors remain the leading cause of death in some cities and regions of China has not changed. In light of this, nearly all provinces, most cities, and many districts and counties in China have established tumor hospitals and tumor prevention and control networks. Many general hospitals have also established departments of tumor internal medicine, surgery, and radiation therapy, while hospitals without dedicated departments have formed tumor treatment teams in relevant disciplines. Without a doubt, they have made significant contributions to tumor prevention and control in China, not only training a large number of tumor professionals but also benefiting countless tumor patients. Since the 21st century, new knowledge, theories, perspectives, and technologies in oncology have emerged continuously, providing new directions for clinical tumor treatment. However, the comprehensive treatment model, primarily based on surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, remains unchanged. In hospitals at various levels in China, physicians receive different amounts of training and experience in tumor specialties, resulting in varying levels of proficiency in comprehensive tumor treatment. Over the more than 20 years I spent studying oncology and working in tumor internal medicine, I often encountered some physicians who, when treating tumor patients, focused solely on the development of their own discipline while neglecting advancements in other fields, relying only on familiar methods, and even obsessively pursuing "cure rates" or "remission rates" without considering individual patient conditions or diseases, failing to apply modern treatment methods—comprehensive tumor treatment—in a planned and rational manner. Such practices naturally hinder the goal of improving tumor cure rates and enhancing patients' quality of life.
Regarding the current state of tumor diagnosis and treatment in China, I have long wanted to compile a reference book on comprehensive tumor treatment that is user-friendly, concise, easy to understand, and highly practical, suitable for middle-aged and young oncology professionals, graduate students, and non-oncology specialists. The content aims to be more accessible than specialized oncology books, more comprehensive than single-system or discipline-specific oncology works, more systematic than oncology progress reports or paper compilations, and more practical than oncology textbooks. My idea has been supported by my teachers and colleagues across various disciplines. Therefore, I invited a group of middle-aged and young clinical oncology experts and physicians with extensive clinical experience to contribute to this book, referencing recently published oncology books and literature, with a focus on introducing well-established theories and diagnostic and treatment techniques of comprehensive tumor treatment. They combined their clinical expertise and practical experience to write chapters for this book. The publication of this book was made possible by the encouragement and supervision of the medical division editors of Fudan University Press, the strong support of the leadership, professors, and physicians at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, and the diligent efforts of Dr. Guo Yuewu, the secretary, in coordinating and organizing the manuscript. I express my sincere gratitude to them all. Due to my limited knowledge and the urgency of the project, errors and omissions are inevitable. I sincerely welcome criticism and advice from my predecessors and peers.