Deploy cell therapy in cancer treatment

The group of scientists from Hanoi Medical University is receiving and deploying the application of immune cell therapy in the treatment of cancer from Japanese experts.

According to GS. Dr. Ta Thanh Van, Vice Rector of Hanoi Medical University, Chairman of the collaborative project, in Japan, this advanced treatment method has been implemented for about 10 years at a number of special medical facilities.

In 2013, the official cancer therapy therapy was recognized by the Japanese Government as a cancer support treatment. Of the nearly 10,000 cancer patients (kidneys, lungs, stomach, liver .; most of them are cancer patients of late stage, the tumor has metastasized) treated in Japanese partner hospital. The village has not recorded any accidents or side effects. Depending on the stage of the disease and the type of cancer, this method helps control the disease, diminish or disappear the tumor (about 6%), improve the quality of life (54%) (improved clinical condition: disease sleeplessness, no pain, no painkillers .) while still allowed in combination with other traditional cancer treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

This method helps control the disease, diminish or disappear the tumor.(Illustration).

Experts say that in the body, when cancer cells appear, it will also appear cancer-recognizing cells that produce special immune responses that produce humoral antibodies and antibodies. cells attack cancer cells. But when the imbalance in the immune system is lost, the cancer cells will grow stronger. Immunotherapy for cancer treatment is a method of restoring the immune balance in the patient's body, re-establishing and enhancing the number and function of immune cells to increase the ability to destroy the cancer cell.

With this therapy, patients will be taken (about 10 to 30 ml of peripheral blood) to isolate immune cells, cultivate and activate specialized functions of these cells in a special environment. After sufficient numbers and the desired function (the function of identifying and destroying cancer cells) immune cells will be transmitted back into the patient's body, creating a strong immune cell barrier. against cancer cells. Currently, immune cell therapy is considered to be quite effective, safe, has no side effects because the disease is transmitted to immune cells isolated, proliferated and activated from themselves.

At Hanoi Medical University, doctors with direct assistance from Japanese experts have extracted, cultured and activated immune cells of some cancer patients with very good results, in quantity. cells after culture meet the quantity and quality requirements (93-99%). This result is an important initial stage for treatment applications in the future.