Design and implementation of multidisciplinary holistic treatment regimen for primary liver cancer 

The treatment modality for malignant tumor is changing from traditional single treatment to combined treatment and then to multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment. Based on the holistic medicine view, the author proposes the multidisciplinary holistic treatment ( MDHT) model to design and implement the comprehensive treatment regimen for cancer. The MDHT model involves three aspects: treatment target, treatment method, and treatment course. To take primary liver cancer as an example, the holistic treatment target can be divided into six basic targets: local lesion, regional lesions, systemic lesions, organ- based disease, homeostasis, and rehabilitation. Sequential therapy, synchronous therapy, and alternative therapy can be employed for the treatment targets of MDHT model. The implementation of holistic treatment regimen is achieved by different courses of multiple treatment methods. In the MDHT model for cancer, multidisciplinary treatment is the reflection of treatment modality, while holistic treatment is the treatment target pursued. The concept of MDHT contributes to the design and implementation of comprehensive treatment for cancer by multidisciplinary team.