Journal of Internal Medicine Concepts & Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (01): 71-75.doi: 10.16138/j.1673-6087.2025.01.15

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Research progress of combining Chinese and Western medicine to improve malnutrition in tumor patients

YIN Huijuna, JIANG Yongmeia, GAO Xiaodongb, SHI Yongmeia()   

  1. a. Department of Clinical Nutrition; b. Department of Hematology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2024-08-30 Online:2025-02-28 Published:2025-04-30
  • Contact: SHI Yongmei E-mail:shi.yongmei@163.com

Abstract:

Malnutrition is a serious problem for patients with malignant tumors, severely affecting their survival rate and quality of life. The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine has unique advantage in the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in malignant tumors. It can not only ameliorate the symptoms and appetite of patients, reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but also improve the nutritional indexes, treatment efficacy and quality of life. The article aims to review the therapeutic strategies and effect of combining traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine to improve malnutrition in patients with malignant tumors, and to provide new ideas for the study of malnutrition treatment.

Key words: Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, Malignant tumor, Malnutrition, Appetite

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