Vietnam has the most modern cancer treatment machine in the world

The radiotherapy accelerator system allows for combined radiosurgery, with software that accurately calculates dose, location, and reduces radiotherapy time to 1-2 minutes.

Starting today, the modern radiotherapy acceleration system at K Hospital will come into operation according to the investment policy of the Ministry of Health.

This is the most modern radiotherapy system in the world today, Vietnam is one of the first countries in the region to own this system.

The accelerator radiotherapy system is the most modern radiotherapy system in the world today.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Van Thuan, Director of K Hospital, said that the accelerated radiotherapy system has a 160-blade collimator, allowing image-guided radiotherapy, volumetric modulated radiotherapy, radiosurgery of brain tumors, and fixed whole-body radiotherapy of mobile tumors such as the lungs and prostate thanks to the combination with active breathing synchronization techniques.

This system also has software that accurately calculates the dose and location of radiation therapy, reducing radiation therapy time to 1-2 minutes, helping patients minimize the effects of radiation on healthy tissues.

In particular, patients undergoing radiosurgery using this system are still covered by health insurance as usual.

Parallel to the treatment equipment is the PET/CT system with the ability to detect cancer at the earliest stages that imaging diagnostic equipment such as CT and MRT cannot detect.

PET/CT is also used to evaluate treatment effectiveness and determine whether the patient still has metastatic cells.

In the North, there are only 3 hospitals with PET/CT systems: Viet Duc, 108 Hospital and K.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien assessed that when these two systems are put into operation synchronously, it will help cancer patients increase their chances of early treatment, increase treatment effectiveness, and reduce costs.

According to the Institute for Cancer Prevention Research, it is estimated that in Vietnam there are about 94,000 people dying from cancer per year, the mortality rate ranks 78th out of 172 countries surveyed.

Alarmingly, the number of new cancer cases in Vietnam is increasing rapidly, from 68,000 cases in 2000 to 126,000 cases in 2010 and is expected to exceed 190,000 cases by 2020.

According to VNN