The patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma first got successful immunotherapy, lived a healthy life

It was a 16-year-old child, diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, after surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy but the disease was still progressing, doctors applied immunological treatment to patients and brought back the results. Good results. It is known that now, patients still live healthy.

Prof. Dr. Mai Trong Khoa - Former Deputy Director of Bach Mai Hospital, said that the Center for Nuclear Medicine and Oncology, including BV's gene therapy unit, has been invested with many modern equipment to serve The diagnosis and treatment with gene technology, stem cells - especially in the field of cancer are very concerned by scientists and people.

According to GS. Faculty, especially for cancer treatment, Vietnam has approached the countries of the world with a lot of modern techniques applied. For example, in March 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of immunotherapy for Hodgkin's disease; After only 2 months, until May 5/2017, immunotherapy was applied to the first cancer patient by doctors of the Center for Nuclear and Cancer Medicine.

It was a 16-year-old child, diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma , after surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy but the patient was still progressing, doctors applied immunological treatment to the child and brought it back. good results. It is known that now, patients still live healthy - GS. Khoa said.

Doctors visit patients at the Center for Nuclear Medicine and Oncology, Bach Mai Hospital.

The oncologist also said that, through the process of monitoring the application of immunotherapy for cancer patients in Bach Mai Hospital, the results have met well. However, GS. Khoa also emphasized that cancer treatment must still be based on the following principles: Combined treatment of many methods, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, endocrinology, target treatment, biological immunotherapy.

Latest advancements in technology and clinical research in precision medicine

On August 19 and 20, 2019, Bach Mai Hospital held the 4th Transmed International Conference on technological advances and clinical research in precise Medicine.

The event attracted more than 30 leading international experts and over 500 delegates are physicians, researchers on cancer, molecular biology, stem cells, . from provinces, cities and units. medical in the country with 40 scientific reports in depth, updating the latest advances in the world in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment such as immunotherapy, artificial intelligence in medicine , Research on application of stem cells, iPS cells, gene therapy and CRISPR / Cas9 technology and Clinical practice of cancer immunotherapy.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quoc Anh gave the opening speech of the conference.

Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quoc Anh - Director of Bach Mai Hospital said that the Transmed international conference is held annually in Vietnam with the goal of updating the progress, new technologies and global achievements in the field of genes. , stem cells. The conference also focused on promoting capacity building, international research collaboration with hospitals and developing careers for the young generation of science.

Besides, this is also a place for hospital managers, experts in the field of treatment and research at hospitals, research centers, Institutes, Universities to have the opportunity to meet and exchange. information and experience sharing on new advances in gene and stem cell technology, effectiveness and application in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Since then, contributing to improving the quality of medical examination and treatment, improving the quality of life for cancer patients.

According to experts, accurate medicine is a new approach to disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual changes in genes, environment and lifestyle. This approach will allow doctors to have a strategy to treat and prevent disease for each patient.

Accurate medical development not only serves well for diagnosis and treatment but also transforms health care strategies from disease treatment to focus on health assessment and proactively managing disease risks and up prevention plan. Patients benefit with optimized medical outcomes based on genome and at the same time a data source that allows the medical system to accurately collect data.

The application of accurate medicine contributes to health care at many times in an individual's life. Genetic screening can be used before conception to predict the risk of passing genetic diseases to children .