"In the case of cancer, we tackle the disease itself largely by Western methods, but we rely mainly on TCM to assist recovery," says Lin Yi-hsin. To illustrate this, he describes his approach to treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma, with which he is currently conducting clinical trials. Radiotherapy can control or even completely eliminate the cancer cells, so this Western medical procedure is the treatment of first choice.
「舉癌症來說，祛邪以西醫為主角，扶正以中醫為主角」，林宜信舉他正在做臨床試驗的鼻咽癌為例，用放射治療就可以控制癌細胞，甚至完全痊癒，因此治療首選就應該是西醫。