Le Kieu Diem, 40, diagnosed withbreast cancer was discharged from Hue General Hospital in stablecondition on February 13, becoming the third cases successfully treatedwith stem cell therapy at the Hue General Hospital so far.

Priortwo ovarian cancer patients – Tran Thi Thu, 49, and Le Thi Sau, 52,were also released from the hospital with the same therapy.

Thesuccess was the result of a national-level scientific project onapplying stem cell therapy in treatment of breast and ovarian cancerswhich has been carried out by Deputy Director of the hospital Nguyen DuyThang and his associates over two years.

According to Thang, thestem cell therapy has achieved initial achievements that open a newhope for breast and ovarian cancer patients at the critical state at thehospital in particular as well as the country’s health sector at large.

Vietnamhas carried out stem cell research and application in medical treatmentsince the 1990s. The technology has been used in the treatment of blooddiseases, cardiology, dermatology, brain paralysis, and surgery.

In 1995, the country conducted its first stem cell transplant for a 26-year-old patient with blood cancer.

Bynow, many hospitals have applied the technology in health treatment,including the Nghe An province’s Oncology Hospital, National PaediatricHospital, Military Hospital 108 and August 19 Hospital, the Haematologyand Blood Transfusion Hospital, Hospital 115.

Hundredsof stem cell transplants have been carried out nationwide so far,primarily for patients suffering from blood diseases.-VNA