Successfully performed the second stem cell transplant

(Baonghean.vn) -Nghe An Oncology Hospital has just successfully performed a stem cell transplant for patient Tran Thi Le Tinh, 39 years old, from Nam Dan Town.

Doctors and nurses are performing a health check on patient Tinh.

In 2004, Ms. Tran Thi Le Tinh was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma (also known as lymphoma) at the Central Cancer Hospital. After being treated with chemotherapy and radiation to the lymph nodes at the Cancer Hospital, Ms. Tinh's condition stabilized. However, in November 2013, the disease relapsed and Ms. Tinh was hospitalized at Nghe An Oncology Hospital for treatment. She was prescribed an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

After 5 months of preparation, on June 4, 2014, Nghe An Oncology Hospital performed an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for Ms. Tran Thi Le Tinh. Associate Professor - Dr. Nguyen Trung Chinh - senior consultant, former Head of Clinical Hematology Department - 108 Military Hospital was the one who directed the bone marrow transplant. After more than 2 hours, the bone marrow transplant was successfully performed. Currently, the patient's blood, biochemical and clinical indicators are normal.

This is the second bone marrow transplant that Nghe An Oncology Hospital has successfully performed since the beginning of the year. It is expected that by the end of the year, the hospital will continue to perform bone marrow transplants for 5 patients in need.

Bone marrow transplantation is a method of using chemicals to destroy all cancer cells from the root, purifying the bone marrow to transplant healthy cells. Currently, only 8 hospitals in the country can perform this bone marrow transplantation technique. Nghe An Oncology Hospital is the first hospital in the North Central region to successfully perform this technique.

Thuy Hien - Xuan Tien