Cancer adjuvant therapy - psychotherapy

(A) Introduction to the spirit of anti-cancer therapy
According to the U.S., "Saturday Evening Post" report, a middle-aged man, unfortunately, cancer, and when his wife was pregnant, he was determined to live to the day that child was born, and doctors predicted he would not last so long. Hope to see by this psychological impact, his dogged fight, it really got his wish, not only lived to the day of birth, but 20 years later is still alive.

Medical experts think that the spirit of cancer therapy, its role is incalculable.

Whether it is western medicine or Chinese medicine, can not ignore the psychological factors in cancer prevention and treatment of an important role. Enable people familiar with therapy and accurate cancer, to establish confidence in the struggle with cancer, people open-minded, emotional stability, spiritual, cheerful, and able to assist and help enhance the efficacy of drugs or other therapies, the symptoms have been alleviated. China attaches great importance to the spirit of traditional Chinese medicine theory factors in the treatment of cancer. For example, the principles of early treatment of breast cancer is: "the beginning of cheaper services Shu Qi Blood Circulation of the drug, to be wishful mind sees, can be more."

As early as two thousand years ago, my physician had been familiar to the psychological factors and cancer of the close relationship. "Su asked the General Comment on the actual situation," pointed out: "to do crisp plug closure, the upper and lower barrier, then worry about the disease is also violence." Description of a class of esophageal food obstruction related to changes in disease and violent mood.

It was well said: "had cancer, one scared to death, the second is no use offering, the third is critically ill patient to die toss, four is the dead of." Reflecting the importance of psychological therapy.

Deserves serious warning, people on the "refractory cancer" I've heard a lot about, and be cured of cancer but know less. Plus some doctors lack sufficient familiarity with psychotherapy, and irresponsible words, will give patients dire negative effects. Indeed, that is, do not cancer patients, cancer mortality in China is not the highest, my highest mortality is cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Medical experts think that China, like diabetes and other "diseases of affluence" as a way of life that some cancer patients, and most cancer patients can be stolen through the winter and multidisciplinary rehabilitation therapy to varying degrees.

So familiar with cancer, cancer patients must be accurate, should take positive, g will change their mental and psychological preparation, which is also conducive to recovery. For now, the fate of cancer patients as people think is by no means pessimistic. 60 years of this century, was considered an incurable disease of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia, now 90% of remission, 50% curable. 5-year survival rate of lymphoma up to 80%. Cervical cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer if detected early the cure rate is also up to 90%. High degree of malignancy of uterine choriocarcinoma, even to the late 90% of patients also get cured. Data reported in recent years statistics, the world total by the treatment of various malignant tumors 5-year survival rate is close to 50%. Chinese NPC-prone but also nearly 50% of the total cure rate if early treatment is more than 80% cure rate. As for the belief and the will by Lai Gangqiang completely surrender the cancer as "cancer star", now it is more and more anti-cancer Beijing Research Institute of Golden traditional Chinese medicine for over 10 years the club hundreds of stars is the example of cancer.

Thus, cancer patients should pay attention to reality and hit the "cancer", there must be adequate mental preparation, "as they come, the safety of the" good state of mind, optimistic, cheerful, full of hope for the future look.

How to explain the disease to cancer patients. Whether to inform patients of cancer, which is in real life, many doctors, patients often meet the families of the subject.

Still exist today such as cancer, AIDS and many were unable to effectively control the disease, and the nature of these diseases can be cured by careful treatment of the actual situation can be recovered enough publicity, so the existence of such disease, patients often commensurate with serious negative psychological effects. Ascertain when the patient had been misled as their "incurable" and "cancer" when the shadow of death would then quietly on the heart attack, good grafting to the "death notices" that produced heavy psychological pressure to the wilt fans in winter Shenpi fatigue, loss of appetite, loss and even the courage to fight cancer. To prevent accidents and unexpected, progress in the past have advocated concealing the truth condition, in our clinical practice, it generally does not directly tell patients to cancer.

Indeed, should pay attention to this point, cancer mortality, but also the "refractory" side; However, it should be noted that, if timely scientific treatment, cancer cure rate is not low. Account the information reported, at present, each in two cancer patients who can be saved. In China, early stage cervical cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer cure rates were 95%, 90.3%, 99.9%, as a "cancer of the King" also has 56% of liver cancer can live for more than 5 years. In short, the existing known cancers, 1 / 3 can be cured, 1 / 3 can be treated to reduce pain, relieve symptoms and prolong life.

At the same time, we also see that the valuable medicine in the cancer experience, especially in a variety of tumor by surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, of Chinese medicine can progress and improve patient modulating the immune performance, increased disease resistance, and thus cure cancer and prevent recurrence, which greatly improved a patient's quality of life. For example, there are many nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy, as well as the stomach, intestine, uterus, breast cancer patients after surgery, depending on the medicine conditioning, treatment, and for many years without recurrence, not only the symptoms, most people also returned to work, Application of traditional Chinese medicine for two decades ago, "the original powder ZXC" treatment of advanced liver cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer patients are now living a lot of people dead.

Now can no longer stay in treatment for cancer patients the level of disease, and cancer patients should be allowed as the vanguard of anti-cancer, strong faith, hard work, the maximum mobilization of their own anti-cancer potential, and the fight against cancer. In this request, but also "hide" condition did not inform the patient? Do not tell, in fact, more uniform cancel the positive factors of cancer, the cancer patients was more into "dead." Therefore, do not tell the truth to cancer patients, there is no "profit" at all, there are serious drawbacks. This situation must be corrected effectively, in order to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of cancer patients with cancer of the favorable factors, we must not hesitate to inform patients of the cancer. Advocacy groups in the past, inadequate and should make up this lesson, so that more people deeply understand this. Course, the choice this time and inform the appropriate way, in the current reality of the situation, must be fully taken into account.

(B) of the anticancer mechanism of psychotherapy

Since the 19th century, medical scientists at home and abroad on psychological factors and cancer was more extensive and deep research into its anti-cancer mechanism has also been a further understanding.

(1) of the American Medical psychologist Lawrence Leche studied the life history of more than 500 cancer patients and found that about 76% of the people in childhood experiences of loneliness, frustration and loneliness and other emotional trauma, or emotional impact of this determine the patient's mental state and induce cancer. Modern research shows that medical psychology: life, major life events, such as family death, divorce, custody, unemployment, marital separation, judicial disputes, and the resulting absence of serious psychological sense, a sense of anxiety, hopelessness and other bad mood cancer cells may be "activators."

(2) National Cancer Institute's research results showed that: those who are skeptical of the surgery, loss of confidence, pessimistic, depressed cancer patients, postoperative wound healing slowly, easily recurrence, a shorter survival time after surgery; and those who believe that surgery can success of the happy "strong-willed person, faster wound recovery, low recurrence rate, survival time longer.

(3) of "the rehabilitation of cancer patients and health care," a book first capacity: Beijing, a worker in a factory, their illness can take a bus to the hospital alone, self-care, generally in good condition. But when a doctor informed him officially cancer, race limp at the scene, the last being home on stretchers, took less than a month was a "cancer" wins to their lives. The other woman is breast cancer recurrence after 3 years, there have bone, lung, distal lymph nodes, brain, liver and other multiple tumor metastasis, the patient always remained optimistic, no matter how much changes in disease occurrence and never be discouraged and depressed, and aggressive treatment with medical staff, but also the physical exercise its power, although the incidence has more than ten years, still stubbornly living. Thus, the struggle with cancer, mental and psychological factors is essential. Can play a positive role in my life depends on the attitude of patients, that is, its survival will and optimism.

(4) have reported that Japan, the United States and Canada have discovered that cancer self-limiting without treatment the more common in the outgoing, cheerful, and able to vent their distress in patients. The depressed mood, pessimism, fear scared of cancer patients survival time is relatively short. That is, or early detection. Despite various treatments can be cured, but because of bad mood, mental depression, the possibility of recurrence and metastasis is greater than those optimistic mood, spirits were.

(5) modern medicine, psychology experts have found that hope, confidence is a great psychological effect, it gives rise to cheerful, optimistic, positive mood and spirit, thereby enhancing the function of Sheng and the cerebral cortex pleasure of the nervous system, and then the transmitter through the autonomic nervous system, endocrine system and other intermediary endorphin secretion of corticosteroids and scum material, improve the body's immunity and disease resistance, and can fully mobilize the great vitality of the body, through the adjustment Instead, compensation, so that different tissues, cell function returned to normal between the functions of various organs tend to re-coordination. And that: cancer patients, as long as the future full of hope and have confidence to win, to be able to mobilize your body enough strength to resist cancer, the body itself can conquer cancer. Therefore, cancer patients through their own active efforts, but also in his life the greatest ability to play until the ultimate triumph over cancer, get a new life.

(6) is now a growing number of scholars believe that the body's healing system and its belief system is closely related. Immune system to resist the invasion and spread of cancer plays an important role. Revealed a large number of clinical practice, the more people who have strong faith, the more effective mobilization of those with anti-cancer effect of lymphocytes, macrophages, natural killer cells (NK cells), anti-cancer activity, and to activate those usually in a "stop" state of the cells to restore vitality, which contribute significantly to contain and kill cancer cells. Also, there is such a resonance: the hope of survival, and faith, will and perseverance to overcome the heavy strenuous efforts of cancer can not be ignored, it assisted other therapies play the greatest effect.

(7) scientists declared cancer is not terrible, just tap their own anti-cancer potential, coupled with the confidence of grams of cancer, cancer fighting spirit, fighting cancer, the will and determination to keep open-minded and optimistic, cheerful, confident attitude to life, will be re-entered the vast health and longevity. To be convinced of this: to fight cancer depends mainly on their tenacious struggle.

(C) psychotherapy

With the medical model from the biomedical to the psycho-social changes in medicine, medical psychology, has been growing attention, a large number of clinical and social medical practice shows that psychological factors are not only an important factor in cancer, but also on cancer the development and prognosis have a major impact. Positive and healthy state of mind, can enhance the efficacy of cancer therapy, and allows the body to heal, the direction of rehabilitation and help fight cancer from the root. Their psychological state mainly as follows: cheerful, optimistic, wise, calm, cool, and the strong will and strong determination.

On the contrary, negative, unhealthy state of mind was manifested as depression, sadness, pessimistic, anxious, hectic, and the good temper and lack of reason, such negative emotions tend to have a great resistance to cancer control. Studies have information that will lead to negative emotional development and accelerate the proliferation of cancer cells, poor social and psychological stimulation is a powerful "promoter agent", especially long-term depression, emotional factors can be used as a catalytic cell gene mutation. Therefore, the elimination of negative emotional and psychosocial factors, is the anti-cancer and cancer of the main measures.

To the day when the cancer is still a threat to human existence. UNESCO has published: the world who can overcome cancer, will provide a plastic one with exactly the same real image of gold, as an eternal monument to human contribution.

Most of the psychological characteristics of cancer patients are: ① the understanding that had "incurable disease", so that the mere mention about cancer; ② produce emotional "instrument allows finished," the lament, a strong sense of despair; ③ serious psychological imbalance, lack of normal regulation of mental activity, performance decreased, ④ vulnerable to adverse implied, to see other patients with vomiting, they themselves would feel sick; ③ by "fear of cancer, panic," the psychological effects of cancer treatment in living to meet the poor.

Therefore, medical staff and the families of cancer patients and relatives close friends, in addition to improving their psychological, social, quality of medical knowledge, more importantly, should lose no time in psychological counseling for cancer patients, carry out multi-link, multi-level psychological treatment, such as confidence therapy, imagery therapy, relaxation therapy, speech therapy and spiritual therapy, etc., and to take "the meaning of life therapy" and effective elimination of the use of psychological fear of cancer and adverse psychological elimination method, the pessimism into optimism from cancer patients, from the fear of being freed, the cancer to have confidence in uniform, from passive acceptance to active in anti-cancer therapy against cancer, play a fearless brave spirit to overcome a stubborn one battle we must win the "cancer" of the fortress. Beijing Golden International Medicine Research Institute at home and over the years held many influential class of cancer therapy, physician colleagues in psychology training course is worth warning and promotion.

(D) the meaning of life therapy

Meaning of life treatment, including five guidance measures:

(1) do their own doctor, to fighting the disease with their doctors with the necessary treatment.

(2) have a target life, living day will one day live in comfortable, to concentrate on their work, family, or personal preferences and influence the lives of other aspects of society.

(3) for others to do good things within its power to make themselves feel that the value of life.

(4) should have a correct conception of death. From the scientific point of death, animate a dead person, take it as a natural phenomenon, we should disregard these topics, the mood will be relaxed. This allows worry-free dollars to fight the deadly disease into account.

(5) to make your life colorful. Full of fun, struggle with the anxiety and fear, and actively participate in some good physical and mental activities, such as telling jokes, listening to music, watching TV, playing games, climbing, and make friends and so on.

Cancer patients do not always live in the "death" of the shadow of the courage and determination should live. Cancer is not information that is facing the death. Cancer can be recovered, and some can be cured. Long battle with cancer should have the spirit, and actively participate in their own life treatment. Yidanrenlang that fight with cancer who take the initiative 'Long live up to its more than 10 years; and people who knocked down by cancer, the survival rate of less than 20%, this demonstration of how important it is psychotherapy.

(E) confidence in the therapy

A true story: a few jokes and a young man, they put the young man's hands and feet tied up, blindfolded, and carried him to an unused railroad tracks have been close to the tracks just a train roar. When a few people stepped forward for his relaxed, they found the young man had died.

American psychology professor pointed out that his death not only because of fear, but died in faith. When people and animals found their hope alive, this belief in their minds to certain death tragedy sometimes resulting in death.

Research confirmed that everyone has a potential beyond the ordinary. Once it is fired out, it will make people get a windfall, even miracles. Confidence can inspire such potential. So break free as soon as possible after illness bad mood, determined to endure no matter how painful, tenacious fight disease. I believe a miracle will happen in their own.

When patients know they had cancer, resulting in a complex psychological reaction is not surprising. So crucial in fear, despair, or is it resistance, self-confidence.

President of Chinese Academy of Lin Wanshuo Beijing Golden to cancer patients are often out of the belief in a unique three odd side: I believe that cancer is a disease, not necessarily fatal; believe the body's immune system is cancer killer, and There are deadly enemies of; believe that cancer treatment is to reinforce the body prepare for the allies. Patients often receive the miraculous, we can see that the fundamental cancer should be based on confidence.

Modern medicine, the role of confidence of a sound psychological and intellectual basis, through the complex psychological and physiological effects to achieve its value. Research confirmed that everyone's body has an internal potential than usual. Once be inspired by this potential, it will make people get a windfall, even a miracle, and can inspire confidence in the potential of species. Confidence is a prerequisite for the conquest of cancer. Have the confidence to inspire the spirit of hard work to maintain calm state of mind in order to tap their own potential anti-cancer ability to fight cancer.

(1) to hold "as they come, the safety of the" positive attitude. Once a person has been told his cancer diagnosis, no doubt must feel very heavy. In front of this painful fact, many people tend to fall into a loss situation. At this time, as soon as possible to restore calm and confidence to be optimistic in terms of ideology in society. Cancer is not only overwhelmed by the spirit of the psychological calm can only be determined, tenacious to overcome the disease. The patient's self-confidence, coupled with the correct implementation of treatment programs, as well as doctors and family members to actively cooperate with each other can often be greatly develop the vision to fight cancer.

(2) read a number of cancer patients struggle with the cancer as examples of rehabilitation, from the fight against cancer inspired his triumphalism.

(3) to keep his success in the struggle with the cancer experience and a good response record, or tell family and friends to listen to, often the same room with patients or cancer patients to exchange information, exchange experience, sum up, convinced that there must be a shield, spear, a thing a thing of the natural law system, make sure cancer is not incurable. Only with strong confidence, to regain the initiative, so as to science and carefully create the necessary conditions for treatment.

(F) speech therapy

Cancer disease, and must not be isolated, to actively participate in social interaction, special attention is to create a new social circle, and enhance the links between cancer patients, with a collective effort (also called "Group Psychology therapy "role), to build their spiritual support. Cancer Medicine Research Institute in Beijing, Golden Club, a collective of patients that often can see the friendship, climbing, hand in hand games, fun travel, talking and laughing, and these are a good form of psychotherapy groups, they have a common agreement , or party, or exchange, carry out various anti-cancer activities, also held medication, diet and other rehabilitation counseling seminars and cultural activities, its rich in content, a tumor preparedness experts say the tumor and treatment, there were about their own experience, Cancer patients also let them experience first. Exchanges while the iron is often speak, Bian Jiangbian discussions, Youwenyouda, warm atmosphere, so that the participants benefit. Such unfettered exchange, mutual concern and care for groups of psychological therapy, can improve quality of life of cancer patients, never survival extension, until in some patients completely recovered. Professor Xu Guangwei Beijing Cancer Institute, once the friendship between the cancer patients, talk to, very lively and entertaining manner reputation as "talk therapy", he thought that "if treatment" has a hospital chemotherapy, the role of the irreplaceable , radiotherapy with Western medicine, Chinese medicine treatment of chemotherapy and matched to play a comprehensive treatment of the strong anti-cancer effect.

(G) imagery to

Dr Carl Simonton United States, the use of "imagery to" cure their own skin cancer; the United States, a laryngeal carcinoma, carcinoid tumor blocking her throat almost every day only to drink some juice, the doctor had "not do anything," asserted She could only live a couple of months. Later, patients receiving a mental psychologist suggested, the use of "Imagine therapy" treatment, every day, sit in bed, eliminate distractions, to imagine their white blood cells into the body around the courage of the "warriors", with the focus to the throat of a demon cancer cells a kill, so only a month, the condition will have significantly improved, a year later, competing cancer miraculously disappeared.

Stanford University study showed that psychological therapy the survival time of patients with advanced cancer, almost only in patients receiving cancer therapy 2 times.

Given imagine, "grew more and more like a" magic function, U.S. experts have to fight the immune system and cancer cells during the first compiled program, and then to enable patients to close their eyes, relax, and then programmed operational procedures to imagine "attack" Cancer cells. Results: In 119 patients receiving this therapy, 1 / 4 to rehabilitate the patients, and the remaining 3 / 4 patients with different degrees extended life. Including 1 case of secondary anaplastic carcinoma patients, after 2 months of the imagination therapy, and with an appropriate diet, medication, cancer race dissipated.