Young scientist receives 2020 Golden Globe Award

Đoàn Lê Hoàng Tân, 33, deputy director of the Centre for Innovative Materials and Architectures under the Việt Nam National University HCM City, was recently honoured as one of the 10 outstanding young scientists, making him one of the 2020 Golden Globe Award winners.

Endoscopic endonasal surgical techniques used to treat rare vascular tumors

Endoscopic endonasal surgical technique is the gold standard to treat juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, a rare benign vascular tumor that appears in the nasal cavity, doctors at HCM City Children’s Hospital 1 have said.

Jaundice could lead to biliary tract cancer, doctors warn A 60-year-old man from HCM City recently visited Bình Dân Hospital in the city for treatment because he had been suffering from abdominal pain and intensely itchy skin for 10 days.

Bladder tumours difficult to treat

Eighty per cent of bladder tumours are cancerous and difficult to treat, according to Dr Nguyễn Hoàng Luông of the urological endoscopy department at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City.

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People with vascular malformations often ignore symptoms

The ratio of the Vietnamese population with vascular malformations of the brain is estimated to be between five and ten per cent.

Breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy improves patients' quality of life

A 48-year-old woman from HCM City lacked confidence around her friends after having half of her breast removed because of a cancerous tumour. After learning that surgery could rebuild the shape and look of her breast, she visited Bình Dân Hospital for breast reconstruction surgery.

20 tiny teeth in tumour removed Doctors from the Hùng Vương General Hospital in the northern province of Phú Thọ have removed a teeth tumour from a 12-year-old patient.

Telehealth system expands access to specialists at top-tier hospitals Doctors at People's Military Health Centre in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Côn Đảo District took part in an online consultation with medical specialists at Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City to discuss treatment of a 91-year-old patient.

Patients recover quickly after endoscopic thyroidectomy A 46-year-old patient of HCM City was found to have a goiter by chance when she had her periodic health checkup.