Experts gather to seek measures for lung cancer diagnosis and treatment (Photo: kcb.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Lung
Hospital in Hanoi aims to utilise scientific and technological advances in lung
cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to the hospital’s Director Prof. Dr.
Nguyen Viet Nhung.
Nhung, also President of the Vietnam
Association against and , said the hospital will
develop a specialised network from the central to grassroots level for the early
detection and treatment of lung cancer.
She said the number of new lung cancer cases
accounts for an estimated 24.4 percent of cancer cases in Vietnam and lung
cancer-related deaths make up 21.8 percent.
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer
deaths globally, she said, noting that most of cases are found at
the late-stage. Therefore, early diagnosis can help lengthen and improve the
quality of life of patents.
In Vietnam, there are a total of 45 tuberculosis
and s, Nhung said.
About 22,000 Vietnamese people are diagnosed
with lung cancer every year, while 19,500 die of the disease annually.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death
among Vietnamese males, and the second-most common cause for cancer-related fatalities
among females, doctors said. More than 34,000 people in Vietnam are forecast to
contract the disease on an annual basis by 2020.
According to figures from Globocan 2012,
every year, some 1.8 million new cases of lung cancer are reported globally
every year, with 1.6 million
lung cancer-related deaths.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
