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Scope: This document specifies the diagnostic criteria and treatment regimens for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) of stage I-III colorectal cancer. This document is applicable to patients after conventional Western medical treatment for stage I-III colorectal cancer. This document is suitable for TCM (integrated TCM-Western medicine) practitioners in oncology departments of hospitals at all levels, as well as Western medical clinicians who have received TCM training. Relevant nursing staff and pharmacists may also refer to it. Main technical content: Foreword II Introduction III 1 Scope 42 Normative reference documents 43 Terms and definitions 44 Epidemiological characteristics 45 Pathogenesis of TCM 56 TCM diagnosis and differential diagnosis 56.1 TCM diagnosis 56.2 TCM differential diagnosis 57 Integrated TCM-Western medicine treatment 67.1 General principles of treatment 67.2 TCM decoction therapy 67.3 Principles of TCM herbal medicine use 77.4 Use of traditional Chinese medicines and precautions 77.5 Non-drug treatment recommendations 88 Clinical issues, recommendations, and evidence description 89 Follow-up 12 Appendix A (informative) 13 Members of the document preparation group 14 Appendix B (informative) Evidence grading recommendations and methodological quality evaluation standards 15 Appendix C (informative) TNM staging proposed by the 2017 AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (8th Edition) 16 Appendix D (informative) Process and list of clinical issues 17 Appendix E (informative) Evidence sources and evidence retrieval process 18 Appendix F (informative) Evidence retrieval process 19 Appendix G (informative) Evidence sources and evidence screening process of TCM injections 21 References