Integration and innovation of Chinese and western medicine thinking can help the Chinese medicine physicians treat tumors in the pattern of western medicine-disease and Chinese medicine-syndrome. This article puts forward that

the four therapeutic principles of Chinese medicine tumor syndrome differentiation and treatment are"strengthening body resistance as the root

eliminating pathogenic Qi in a controlled way

regulating mentality during the whole course

and treating according to the syndrome type". In clinical practice

the physicians should pay attention to the combination of disease and syndrome

and flexibly use the four anti-cancer methods

which include strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney

eliminating phlegm to detoxification

soothing liver-Qi stagnation

as well as warming Yang and dredging collaterals. During the radical treatment

the main method is to strengthen spleen and tonify kidney

and also consider defusing cancer-toxin; during the follow-up period

the physicians should use the four methods to prevent relapse and metastasis. In the palliative period

the physicians can use the four methods

or mainly use method of warming Yang

so that the patients finally can survive with tumors.