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Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer ranks the first of all cancer types in Chinese population, patients of GI cancer are suffering from unaddressed medical needs and poor quality of life. Echoed with the first Chinese medicine hospital will be established in Hong Kong that announced by the Hong Kong SAR government in year 2013, the needs for integrative model of cancer care is growing amongst different stakeholders. The Hospital Authority has been pioneered for one of the pilot Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine (ICWM) inpatient services for cancer palliative care in year 2014, the expectation of incorporating Chinese medicine into the conventional health care system is increasing... ...

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