Nghe An General Friendship Hospital multimodal treatment - A miracle for terminal cancer patients
On September 18, 2025, at Nghe An General Hospital, a medical miracle occurred. A patient with stage 4 gastric antrum cancer, liver and peritoneal metastases (which was considered a “death sentence”) was saved thanks to a multi-modal treatment strategy that personalized the case. This miracle has brought new hope to many cancer patients.
Female patient TTQ (born in 1980, in Hai Chau commune) was diagnosed with gastric antrum cancer with liver and peritoneal metastases, late stage in 2023. Not giving up, patient TTQ actively underwent treatment. The patient underwent the first surgery at Nghe An General Hospital. Doctors applied the new technique of "partial gastrojejunostomy with tumor isolation" to operate on the patient. This new technique has been applied in Vietnam since 2019).
After surgery, the patient persevered in undergoing 8 cycles of chemotherapy at Tan Trieu K Hospital with the Docetaxel and TS-1 regimens... These efforts brought about unexpected results - the patient's metastatic tumor was controlled, and his health was stable. The TTQ patient had another chance to enter a new battle.
On September 15, 2025, the patient was admitted back to the hospital for radical surgery to remove the tumor. Only 3 days later, the surgical team of Dr. Dinh Van Chien and Dr. Nguyen Dinh Hieu performed laparoscopic surgery to remove the distal part of the stomach, radical D2 lymph node dissection... After the surgery, the patient recovered spectacularly - only 5 days after the surgery, he was able to be discharged in a stable health condition.
It is known that during the first surgery of patient TTQ, the medical team decided to change the strategy right on the operating table, helping to control the tumor, reduce complications and create a foundation for the patient to continue chemotherapy. That responsible and intelligent decision opened the way to life for the patient who seemed to have no hope.
Laparoscopic gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection is a complex technique that requires high expertise and is usually only applied to early and advanced stage diseases. However, thanks to the multi-modal treatment strategy according to individualized patient cases, this technique has been expanded, providing a chance of survival for late stage patients - a rare thing in medical facilities outside the central line.
Multimodal treatment ismedical treatment that uses more than one different method or drug, usually in cancer treatment or post-surgical pain relief, to increase the effectiveness of the treatment and reduce side effects compared to using only a single method.
This technique has been reported by Dr. Dinh Van Chien, Department of Gastroenterology, Nghe An General Hospital many times at major medical conferences at home and abroad; at the same time, Dr. Dinh Van Chien's research has also been published in specialized international journals such as International Surgery Journal, Gastroenterology and Oncology Journal, Vietnam Journal of Surgery and Endoscopic Surgery, Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vietnam Medical Journal, etc.
Previously, in June 2024, the team of Nghe An General Hospital also made a mark when successfully performing surgery on an extremely rare case: A patient had 2 primary cancers at the same time (liver and stomach), a rare case in the world and in the country.
The success of this case once again affirms: When trust is placed in the right place, when medical ethics go hand in hand with expertise, miracles will blossom....
Nghe An General Friendship Hospital is not only a prestigious address for the people of Nghe An but is also rising to become a bright spot in the North Central region in the treatment of digestive cancer, bringing hope to patients on the border between life and death./.
