Early detection could have a good survival rate for up to 40 percent ofcancer patients, heard a national childhood cancer conference in Hanoion November 13.
The conference, the 7th of itskind, is one of the annual activities of the Vietnam Childhood CancerProgramme, which is funded by Sweden’s Lund University and implementedin Vietnam from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2015.
The growing number of cancer patients is posing a huge challenge forthe health sector. As many as 150,000 new cancer cases are reportedevery year. Leukaemia accounts for 30 percent of cases of child cancer.
Addressing the event, Deputy Health Minister NguyenThi Xuyen appreciated the Lund programme for helping improve the qualityof cancer diagnosis and treatment for child patients through trainingspecialised health workers, updating treatment courses, and providingmedical equipment.
She emphasised the need to launchmore communication campaigns to increase parents’ awareness of thisdisease, organise prenatal and newborn screening in order to earlydetect cancer cases, and apply cutting-edge treatment.
Domestic and foreign scientists to the conference, scheduled to wrapup on November 14, are expected to present reports on treatment resultsof acute myeloid leukaemia, lymphoma, and brain tumour, as well as onnew technologies and cancer medicine.-VNA
The conference, the 7th of itskind, is one of the annual activities of the Vietnam Childhood CancerProgramme, which is funded by Sweden’s Lund University and implementedin Vietnam from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2015.
The growing number of cancer patients is posing a huge challenge forthe health sector. As many as 150,000 new cancer cases are reportedevery year. Leukaemia accounts for 30 percent of cases of child cancer.
Addressing the event, Deputy Health Minister NguyenThi Xuyen appreciated the Lund programme for helping improve the qualityof cancer diagnosis and treatment for child patients through trainingspecialised health workers, updating treatment courses, and providingmedical equipment.
She emphasised the need to launchmore communication campaigns to increase parents’ awareness of thisdisease, organise prenatal and newborn screening in order to earlydetect cancer cases, and apply cutting-edge treatment.
Domestic and foreign scientists to the conference, scheduled to wrapup on November 14, are expected to present reports on treatment resultsof acute myeloid leukaemia, lymphoma, and brain tumour, as well as onnew technologies and cancer medicine.-VNA
