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Have you ever thought that one day you went for a routine health check-up but received a notice that your body had breast cancer cells growing. How do you receive that information, how do you face it and do you think you have enough strength to defeat breast cancer?

After many difficulties, the 27-week-old twins finally returned to their mother in good health

The first challenge that preterm/extremely premature newborns must face after birth is taking their first breath. A group of skilled medical professionals, cutting-edge technology, and contemporary equipment are essential traveling companions. At Vinmec Times City General Hospital, Hoai Thu gave birth to twins successfully despite much suffering and adversity.

For the first time in Vietnam, Vinmec offers diagnostic testing for Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO).

This specialized test, now available in Vietnam, not only helps accurately diagnose the disease, giving patients in Vietnam the opportunity for more effective treatment and reducing disability rates due to long-term complications, but it also eliminates the need to travel abroad for diagnosis. In the field of neurology in Vietnam, this is considered a significant advancement.

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“Thanks to the stem cell transplant at Vinmec, I feel like I’ve been reborn.”

Stem cell transplant therapy is considered a new hope for patients with serious illnesses. Vinmec is a pioneering medical unit that brings global advancements in genetics and stem cells into clinical practice in Vietnam, giving thousands of patients with fatal diseases the chance to live healthier lives. The case of patient Bui Thi Mui is a typical example, as her four years with partial paralysis ended thanks to a stem cell transplant.

A woman in her 50s, diagnosed with multiple myeloma, recovers through a stem cell transplant.

Lê Thị Định (47 years old, from Phú Nam An Commune, Chương Mỹ, Hanoi) recovered her health and returned to her life after undergoing a hematopoietic stem cell transplant to treat her multiple myeloma.

The intense 8-hour surgery removed two breast and colon tumors

Patient N.T.K.A (59 years old, Long An) had two breast and colon tumors growing together without symptoms. Thanks to early detection and timely surgery at Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital, the patient had two tumors removed.

Went for an X-ray and was surprised to discover stage 0 breast cancer

Breast cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases for women with a high incidence and mortality rate.

The fight against metastatic breast cancer with personalized treatment

Breast cancer is a silent threat, not only silently developing in breast tissue but also rapidly metastasizing to other organs if not treated promptly and accurately.

The doctor helped the elderly person, who needed assistance to walk, now they can ride a bicycle on their own to go out

Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital has just successfully performed a total knee replacement surgery on a patient with severe osteoarthritis who had been unable to walk for many years. To successfully perform this complex surgery, due to the patient's advanced age and type 2 diabetes, Vinmec Hai Phong applied the most modern total knee replacement technique from the US, which has many advantages over previous techniques.

Vietnamese doctors and engineers designed artificial bones to perform surgery and saved a bone cancer patient with two extremely rare locations

For the first time in the world, Vinmec has successfully performed a simultaneous replacement of both the pelvis and a part of the femur in a single surgery to treat an extremely rare type of bone cancer

Rectal cancer patient with liver metastasis after three chemotherapy lines responded impressively to pembrolizumab: Clinical case report

We report a 57-year-old female patient with right colon cancer and liver metastasis that failed 3 previous treatment steps with high-level of microsatellite instability - MSI-H (Microsatellite Instability - High) treated with pembrolizumab 200 mg/cycle.

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