Principles and Scientific Basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Treatment

In china, TCM have long been used for treatment of various diseases including cancer. The word cancer was first described in inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells in the Shang dynasty (6 th -11 th century BC). Cancer related clinical manifestation and causes have been well described in Chinese medical literature since 400 BC As a malignant lesion, cancer was first appeared in the book of Wei-Ji-Bao-Shu (AD 1170). Cancer was well described by Yang SY, a famous doctor in the Song dynasty, in the book of Ren-Zhai-Zhi-Zhi-Fu-Yi-Fang-Lun (AD 1264), which described them as masses that were rockfirm and had uneven surfaces. As a new discipline, TCM oncology was rapidly developed in recent 60 years.