Collaboration signals new approach to cancer care
Innovative medical professionals are promoting the use of group discussions and interdisciplinary cooperation to improve treatment and survival rates for patients. Zhao Xu reports.
In July, Zhang Baohua had surgery for rectal cancer at a hospital in his home province of Shandong. Two months later, he visited a clinic at the Beijing Cancer Hospital for a consultation about ongoing postoperative complications and a severe loss of body mass that had left him weighing just 45 kilograms.
"The doctors told me that it will take time to recover, and that I need to eat. But it's been really hard, especially recently because my stomach has started aching," said the 69-year-old retired factory worker, as he handed a list of his medication to Gu Jin, a renowned colon-rectal surgeon at the hospital.
