Opportunity to treat tumors with high-intensity focused ultrasound

Photo caption — Patients treated tumors using US-HIFU technique.

Ms. VTT (30 years old, in Hanoi ) suffered from multiple uterine fibroids, the largest of which was nearly 5 cm, causing pain, prolonging the menstrual cycle and making it impossible to maintain the first pregnancy. At the end of 2024, Ms. T. was treated to remove the tumor using high-intensity focused ultrasound (US-HIFU) tumor treatment technique at Thien An Obstetrics Hospital. After only 1 month, her tumor volume decreased by more than 50%, and symptoms such as menorrhagia and pain also improved significantly. After 3 months of treatment, Ms. T. was able to get pregnant naturally without the need for assisted reproductive technology.

Currently, entering the third trimester, Ms. T's pregnancy is progressing stably, and the pregnant woman continues to be monitored to prepare for the delivery process.

Not only Ms. T., hundreds of patients have been successfully treated for tumors thanks to modern US-HIFU technique in recent times.

After nearly a year of implementation, the technique of treating tumors with high-intensity focused ultrasound has brought opportunities to more than 300 patients with many different diseases such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis, breast tumors, including some cases of liver cancer. Among them, many women after treatment have successfully conceived naturally, opening up new hope for those who were worried about losing the chance to become mothers.

After being licensed by the Ministry of Health since December 2024, the modern US-HIFU technique has been routinely deployed at Thien An Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. Currently, the Hospital is the first pioneer in Vietnam to apply US-HIFU technology in the treatment of benign and malignant tumors. The results after treatment on patients showed that the patient's tumor volume was significantly reduced, symptoms of dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia improved significantly, and the patient's quality of life was improved.

Accordingly, unlike traditional surgery that requires surgical intervention, US-HIFU uses the principle of ultrasound convergence. The wave beams are transmitted through the skin and focused precisely on the diseased tissue, causing the temperature there to increase to about 100°C. Thanks to that, tumor cells and blood vessels that nourish the tumor are destroyed while the surrounding healthy tissue is still preserved.

This technique leaves no incisions, causes no bleeding, minimizes pain and shortens recovery time for the patient.

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