Zhangxu
TANLUN Research Institute for Clinical Management of Cancer, Beijing, China
Publications
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Review Article
The truth and dispute in TNM staging, standardized care and evidence-based medicine in cancer management
Author(s): Kangla Tsung*, Zhangxu, Zhanghui and TANLUN Clinical Research Participants
Current clinical management of cancer is based on a three-pillar system: TNM staging, standardized care and evidence-based medicine. Together, they support the entire system of cancer management. In the system, there are more than 30 million cancer patients, more than a million medical workers taking care of these patients, and millions more research scientists looking for ways to conquer cancer, the emperor of all maladies. Everyone in this system is supposed to follow a number of principles derived from these three pillars. The net result, after decades of building and polishing, is the presence of a global system with massive infrastructure, advanced technologies, tremendous funding, monopolized discoursing platform of public opinion and talented people, all together to strengthen the few principles derived from the three pillars. It is almost impossible to doubt or challenge the c.. Read More»