Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Oncology Department

The Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Oncology is a national key “flagship” department for collaboration between traditional Chinese and Western medicine, an International Training Base for Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment under the Chinese Technical Guidelines for Integrated Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer (CACA), and an affiliated institution of the Anhui Provincial Quality Control Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Oncology, and is an authorized site for doctoral and master’s degree programs at Anhui Medical University and Anhui University of Chinese Medicine.

The department currently has 50 medical and nursing staff members, two wards, and 96 beds, with a bed utilization rate of 141.67% and an average length of stay of 5.52 days. It has 2 doctoral supervisors, 6 master’s supervisors, and 1 Jianghuai Famous Physician; 1 mentor in the national program for inheriting the academic experience of veteran traditional Chinese medicine experts; 1 National Outstanding Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Talent, 1 Anhui Provincial Leading Traditional Chinese Medicine Talent; 1 Anhui Provincial Academic and Technical Leader; 1 Anhui Provincial Famous TCM Master; 1 Anhui Famous TCM Physician

Specialized Techniques

1. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of precancerous lesions

2. Maintenance treatment for gastrointestinal tumors aimed at reversing “tumor toxin” and delaying recurrence

3. Optimized integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment for recurrent malignant tumors and malignant tumors progressing after multiple lines of treatment

4. Comprehensive treatment of malignant ascites using methods for unblocking and blocking the collaterals

5. Topical application of Cancer Pain Powder combined with fire-needle surrounding needling for cancer pain

6. Malignant bowel obstruction

7. Treatment of refractory tumors such as platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, advanced biliary tract cancer, and pancreatic cancer

8. Application of integrated Chinese and Western medicine nursing techniques

Department Honors

The department serves as the chairing institution for the Professional Committee of Traditional Medicine in Oncology of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, the Professional Committee of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine for Ovarian Cancer of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, the Yangtze River Delta Health Integration Alliance for Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Oncology, the Oncology Branch of the Anhui Association of Chinese Medicine, the Professional Committee of Traditional Medicine in Oncology of the Anhui Anti-Cancer Association, among several other academic organizations; it is a designated institution for the development of a key specialty in integrated Chinese and Western medicine oncology under Anhui Province’s “13th Five-Year Plan,” and the discipline has significant influence nationwide in the field of integrated Chinese and Western medicine oncology research.