To improve the effectiveness of treating cancer patients who are increasingly overloaded in Vietnam and the reality that patients have to go abroad for treatment, causing costs and foreign currency losses, the Ministry of Health has recently officially commented on the Investment Policy of the Proton Radiation Therapy Center in Hoa Lac, Vietnam National University Hospital, Hanoi.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Health highly appreciates the mobilization of social resources to invest in the development of the health sector, especially high-tech technologies and services of the Hospital in proactively proposing investment in the Proton Radiation Therapy Center.
In the document, the Ministry of Health stated: "Proton radiation therapy is currently considered an advanced cancer treatment method with high accuracy, helping to limit acute and chronic side effects.
However, investing in a Radiation Therapy Center requires location, land fund, infrastructure, human resources, material resources... and importantly, it must be based on treatment needs to ensure the capacity of equipment and sustainability of Proton Radiation Therapy Center.
To ensure investment efficiency and avoid waste, the Ministry of Health requests the Hospital to continue to study the opinions of experts and relevant units to submit to Vietnam National University, Hanoi on the policy of investing in the Proton Radiation Therapy Center at the Hospital.
Investing in the Proton Radiation Therapy Center with autonomous capital is a concrete step of Hanoi National University Hospital not depending on the State budget, promoting the development of high-quality medical services, meeting the medical examination and treatment needs of the people and most importantly, in accordance with Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation.
According to oncology experts, proton radiation therapy is the most advanced exoskeletal radiation therapy technique today. This technique allows for the admission of an optimal dose of accurate radiation to tumors, including complex tumors located near healthy organs sensitive to radiation.
There are at least 9 types of cancer that can be effectively treated with this technique, such as prostate cancer, eye, brain, head, neck, lung, esophageal, breast, liver and cancer in children.
