Vietnam’s cancer treatment approaches world standard
Technology and equipment for cancer treatment in Vietnam are becoming more and more modernized, approaching the progress of the world medicine, heard a conference on advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11.
A modern equipment for cancer treatment (Source: VNA)
HCMCity (VNA) - Technology and equipment for cancer treatment inVietnam are becoming more and more modernized, approaching the progress of the worldmedicine, heard a conference on advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment inHo Chi Minh City on September 11.
According to Deputy Director of the NationalRadiotherapy Center, head of Chest Radiology, National Cancer Hospital (KHospital) Nguyen Cong Hoang, among the three main pillars of cancer treatment -radiotherapy, surgery and medicine, the radiotherapy plays an important role because60-70 percent of cancer patients are required to have radiation therapy.
Vietnam's leading cancer treatment facilities are constantly armed with modernequipment, and applying new techniques to further improve the effectiveness ofradiotherapy.
Notably,the K Hospital is using the Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery system – the most modern radiotherapy machine generation in the world forradiotherapy. With this device, people with cancer in Vietnam have anadditional modern treatment method for multimodal treatment of brain tumors without having to gooverseas.
SharingHoang’s view, Doctor Pham Van Binh from the robotic endoscopic surgery centreof the K Hospital said advances in cancer surgical surgery, especially cancersurgery by robots, have become routine in Vietnam.
These helps surgeons work more and more effectively, reduce pain and recoverytime, and improve the quality of life of patients after surgeries.
According to statistics by the World Health Organization, in 2018, theproportion of Vietnamese people with cancer was 151.4 /100,000 people, ranking99 out of 185 countries and territories, 19th in Asia and 15th inSoutheast Asia.
Thenumber of new cancer cases in Vietnam has been constantly increasing, countingup to nearly 165,000 in 2018./.
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A modern equipment for cancer treatment (Source: VNA) 
