Vietnam to Receive Cancer Vaccine from Japan in Near Future: Prof.

Vietnam will receive cancer vaccine from Japan in the near future, said Professor-Dr. Ta Thanh Van, rector of Hanoi Medical University (HMU). The vaccine, which treats existing cancer, is a key part of the university’s upcoming cancer prevention research. Antigens from the tumor of the patients will be taken out and processed, then brought back to the patients’ bodies to stimulate the creation of antibodies, he explained. The HMU will launch the vaccine in Vietnam after receiving approval from the Ministry of Health, he added. According to an earlier report by Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (popularly known as K Hospital), more than 300,000 Vietnamese are struggling with cancer. In addition, the country records about 165,000 new cases and 115,000 deaths due to the disease annually. Every year, Vietnamese people spent some $2 billion on medical treatment, mostly on cancer, in foreign countries. (Lao Dong, news.zing, Vietnam Plus, Tuoi Tre, Cong Ly, MSN, VNReview, InfoNet, kienthuc, baoquangbinh)