MINI REVIEW article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Gynecological Oncology
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1570732
The Advantages of TCM in the Treatment of Gynecologic Malignancies
Provisionally accepted
- 1Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Macau Region, China
- 2Key Laboratory of Artificial Organs and Computational Medicine in Zhejiang Province，Shulan International Medical College，Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, China
- 3Yiwu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yiwu, China
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Gynecological malignancies are characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates.With the development of society, the status of women continues to improve, yet the social pressure they bear increases daily. The incidence rate of gynecological malignancies in the female population has always remained at a high level, and the age of onset has shown a trend of getting younger. Common gynecological malignancies include cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, and endometrial cancer.Alarmingly, over 70% of patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage. This disease is mainly treated through surgery and radiotherapy, but there is still a relatively high recurrence rate after treatment. In recent years, with the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the advantages of TCM in the treatment of gynecological malignancies have gradually emerged. The entry of TCM into the treatment of Gynecologic malignancies is a tumor treatment method that has received close attention from the international medical community in recent times. TCM can be used throughout the whole process of tumor treatment. Combining Western medicine at different stages of the tumor, or giving different Chinese medicines alone, can minimize the toxic side effects of Western medicine treatment, alleviate symptoms, prolong survival and improve the quality of survival. Therefore, combining traditional Chinese medicine to provide individualized treatment for patients may become a 2 better approach to cancer treatment. This article reviews the status and important role of TCM in gynecological malignancies in the hope of exploring new treatment modalities to mitigate the impact of gynecological malignancies on women's health.
Keywords: Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM gynecology, Gynecologic malignancy, Therapeutic action, Therapeutic status
Received: 12 Mar 2025; Accepted: 20 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Jiang, Yuan, Zhang, Zhu and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Xiaoping Li, Key Laboratory of Artificial Organs and Computational Medicine in Zhejiang Province，Shulan International Medical College，Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, China
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