January 18, 2012
New lease on life – a Vietnamese man with a 198-lb tumor, a woman with tumors all over the body and another with several covering half her face look forward to bright futures Doctor McKay McKinnon (L) visited Nguyen Duy Hai, 32, on January 8, three days after his 82-kilogram tumor was successfully removed [...]
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December 3, 2011
Nguyen Duy Hai will not be able to get rid of his 90-kilogram tumor. Doctors at Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Tumor Hospital have decided against removing a local man’s 90-kilogram tumor, saying the procedure would cost the patient his life, VnExpress reported. They said Nguyen Duy Hai, 31, had pleural effusion, which would cause [...]
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November 13, 2011
Nguyen Duy Hai with his 90-kilogram tumor at the Ho Chi Minh City Tumor Hospital. Vietnamese doctors said Wednesday (November 9) that a surgery to remove a 90-kilogram tumor on a 31-year-old man – the largest tumor ever recorded in Vietnam – may not be carried out as planned given the man’s unstable condition. Le [...]
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July 30, 2011
Nguyen Duy Hai (R) smiles in spite of his condition. A Dalat man saddled with an 80-kilogram tumor – the largest recorded in Vietnam – says he is waiting for a miracle, Sai Gon Tiep Thi reported. Nguyen Duy Hai, 31, is being treated at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncological Hospital, where doctors are planning to operate [...]
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June 30, 2011
Doctors from the HCMC Oncology Hospital examine Hai's tumor at his home in Dalat on June 24, 2011. A Ho Chi Minh City hospital said Monday at least three surgeries must be conducted to remove an 80-kilogram tumor on a Dalat man, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Doctors from the HCMC Oncology Hospital said they are [...]
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June 26, 2009
A very high incidence of cancer and resultant deaths in a Mekong Delta village in recent years has its residents living in fear and pain while health officials are clueless about cause. There are unconfirmed suspicions that presence of wartime chemicals in Bac Lieu Provinceâs Doi Village, a former military base, could be a factor, [...]
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June 1, 2009
Cancer specialists, gathered for an annual meeting, are reporting progress in the fight against lung cancer, the most common and deadliest form of cancer, but little progress in treating colorectal cancer. Doctors and researchers at the 45th gathering of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) – the world’s main cancer conference – on Saturday [...]
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May 24, 2009
Over 10,000 walkers respond to 3rd Asian Games; VND20,000 billion for traffic, irrigation and education projects; Canadians offer warm hearts to Vietnamese orphan; Vietnam’s first wind farm to open; Acute diarrhea cases fall; Hanoi hosts charitable music night Over 10,000 walkers respond to 3rd Asian GamesMore than 10,000 walkers on May 24 in Hanoi responded [...]
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May 14, 2009
Men and women share the restrooms at the HCMC Tumor Hospital in Binh Thanh District last Friday. Most hospital patients in Ho Chi Minh City only use the toilets when they can bear it no longer. In Hanoi, they keep their mouths tightly closed and communicate only with hand signs, never verbally.The stench, the filth [...]
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March 2, 2009
Three-year-old Haâs condition remains life-threatening even after surgery and chemotherapy One operation, two sessions of chemotherapy, the love of her family and the munificence of friends and strangers appear to be insufficient for a three-year-old girl fighting a fatal form of cancer. Ha, who comes from the central province of Nghe An, was diagnosed a [...]
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