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Scope: This document provides guidance on the epidemiological characteristics of metastatic colorectal cancer, the pathogenesis of the disease in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), TCM diagnosis, treatment, recommendations for clinical issues, and a description of the evidence. It also provides relevant information. This document is applicable to guiding the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer patients with TCM. Main technical content: Foreword II Introduction III 1  Scope 12  Normative reference documents 13  Terms and definitions 14  Advantages of integrated TCM and Western medicine treatment 25  Pathogenesis of the disease in TCM 26  TCM diagnosis 26.1  Diagnosis 26.2  TCM syndrome differentiation 37  Treatment 37.1  General principles 37.2  TCM decoction therapy 47.3  Principles of TCM herbal treatment 48  Recommendations for clinical issues and description of the evidence 58.1  TCM syndrome differentiation for metastatic colorectal cancer that can be referenced 58.2  TCM herbal medicines that can improve patients' clinical efficacy (survival, progression-free survival, objective response rate) 68.3  TCM herbal medicines that can improve patients' quality of life 78.4  Evaluation of the efficacy of TCM treatment after patients receive it 8 Appendix A (informative)  Members of the document preparation group 10 Appendix B (informative)  The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (8th Edition) TNM staging 12 Appendix C (informative)  Evidence grading 14 Appendix D (informative)  List of clinical issues 15 References 16