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https://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3010251/its-not-about-choosing-sides-how-blending-western
Hong Kong/ Health & Environment

How blending Western and traditional Chinese medicine can boost cancer treatment in Hong Kong

  • Experts say model could be used to support and enhance both forms of medicine, as well as lead to greater understanding between practitioners on either side
Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine think that Hongkongers could benefit from more direct collaboration between TCM and Western medicine. Photo: Dickson Lee

When his doctor told him that the sharp pain in his back was stage four lung cancer, Rocky Yiu, 57, could not bring himself to ask how long he had left to live.

“It felt pointless asking because they practically gave me a death sentence,” he says.