Integration of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine in the era of precision medicine

作     者：Wen-jian Wang Teng Zhang 

作者机构：Institute of Integrative Medicine Huashan Hospital Fudan University Clinical Research Institute of Chinese Integrative Medicine Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Yueyang Hospital of Chinese Integrative Medicine Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第15卷第1期

页      面：1-7页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100205[医学-精神病与精神卫生学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：precision medicine medicine, Chinese traditional Western medicine integrative medicine 

摘      要：Precision medicine has received growing recognition from clinicians, health systems, and the pharmaceutica industry, as well as patients and policymakers, which will leave a major impact on the practice of medicine. Interestingly, traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） provides personalized medical treatment based on the theory of TCM characterized by holistic concept and pattem differentiation. This, to some extent, is similar to the personalized medical treatment of precision medicine. In China, TCM as well as Western medicine （WM） plays an important role in healthcare. In this article, the authors summarized the influence of precision medicine on current medical directions, the advantages of TCM in disease treatment, further development of precision medicine and the strategies for integration of TCM and WM under this new treatment approach. In addition, the authors discuss the perspective of precise medical diagnosis and treatment, precise prevention, and the complementary advantages of the integration of TCM and WM. Finally, the authors give their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities presented by precision medicine, in the context of further research toward the integration of TCM and WM.