Ovarian Cancer ⁽¹³⁾

According to Xinhua, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel recently issued a statement saying that researchers analyzed tumor samples from 11 patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (one of the most common and aggressive types of ovarian cancer) as well as immune cells in…

Yesterday, after I published the article “Under What Circumstances Is Prophylactic Cancer Removal Surgery Necessary?” on my blog and WeChat official account, the child of an ovarian cancer patient contacted me. She told me that when her mother was 44, because of torsion of the…

Danbie Jiaonang (Danbie Capsule) is a patent medicine developed by contemporary TCM. Its ingredients include Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Biejia (Amydae Carapax), Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Taoren (Persicae Semen), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex),…

In the Yifang Leiju (Collection of Medical Formulas) there is a formula quoted from the Xianchuan Jiyin Fang (Immortal-Transmitted Formulas for Women) called Xiaotong Wan (Pain-Eliminating Pill). The formula consists of 5 qian (15 g) of dried lacquer (Ganqi), 1 liang (30 g) of galangal…

There is an illness called borderline personality disorder (BPD); its main clinical features are dysregulation of emotion, cognition, behavior, and self and identity. BPD patients easily fall into deep emotional pits and are often comorbid with depression, anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress syndrome. They handle…

Professor Zhou Zhongying is a renowned National Medical Master of China. Among his medical cases is one titled "Complex Combined Formula for Elevated Tumor Markers after Ovarian Cancer Surgery." In this case, Professor Zhou did not follow the usual TCM approach to disease; he boldly…

CA125 is an important tumor marker for ovarian cancer patients. After ovarian cancer patients have developed metastatic lesions, the five-year survival rate is very low. The two ovarian cancer patients with metastases introduced in this article have both survived for over five years, and during…

A certain Chen, female, aged 84, presented with abdominal distension. On April 9, 2021, she underwent a CT examination at the radiology department of the Yunan County People's Hospital, Yunfu, Guangdong (CT no. 110818). The diagnosis was: 1. Occupying lesion posterosuperior to the uterus, considered…

On December 25, 2016, a patient surnamed Chen with stage 4C ovarian cancer from Lanzhou came to me together with a fellow patient to seek treatment for her stage 4C ovarian cancer. From then on she received my TCM treatment continuously. On October 8, 2019,…

I once had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of the late veteran TCM physician Wang Taiyuan of Guizhou, because of a stage 3C ovarian cancer patient I was treating. This patient had previously been Dr. Wang's patient; Dr. Wang treated her for more…