TMMC Cancer Center

TMMC Cancer Center (Vietnamese: Trung Tâm Ung Bướu, Bệnh viện Ung Bướu, Trung Tâm Ung Thư, Bệnh viện Ung thư TMMC )is a specialized cancer hospital and also the first medical center of Excellence of this type in Vietnam. Initiated by Dr Dilshaad Ali, the founding President of TMMC Healthcare, TMMC Cancer Center was found with the purpose to provide the accessibility of oncology treatment for Vietnamese patients. The center is an initiative of a private Vietnam - Japan private healthcare project,^[1][2]

History

Cancer is amongst the key contributors to the mortality of Vietnamese.^[3] Realizing that fact, TMMC Healthcare launched TMMC Cancer Center with the dedicated mission “Providing the accessibility of cancer treatments for Vietnamese patients”. It is the first medical Centre of Excellence of this type in Vietnam. Beneficial from the synergy of subsidies of TMMC Healthcare, TMMC Cancer Center is quick to gain recognition not only from the medical community but also from public side.

Yearly, the center organizes tens of public seminars to raise awareness about Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Lung Cancer and Liver Cancer across the country. It is also the first private institute in Vietnam, advocating the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month of WHO^[4] through a national-wide seminar and free screening tests for tens of thousands patients.

Training

Since 2014, the center has opened admission program for Elective (medical) and fellowship. MBBS and Doctor of Medicine students from various parts of the world has sought TMMC Healthcare for their internship and fellowship. Many of them are from Utrecht University, Imperial College London, University of Warwick, University of California, Los Angeles, Yale University, Stanford, University of California, Irvine, University of Western Australia, University of New South Wales, Monash University, National University of Singapore.

Services

• Surgical Oncology
• Radiotherapy
• Chemotherapy

Sub-specialties

• Breast cancer
• Colorectal
• Genitourinary
• Gynaecology
• Head & Neck / Nasopharynx Cancer (NPC)
• Lymphoma
• Sarcoma
• Thoracic
• Thyroid

References

1. ↑ http://www.vir.com.vn/tmmc-healthcare-creates-partnership-with-capital-medica-sojitz.html TMMC Healthcare creates partnership with Capital Medica – Sojitz
2. ↑ http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/127835/business-in-brief-11-4.html Vietnam’s TMMC Healthcare and Japan’s Capital Medica - Sojitz have agreed to form a strategic healthcare partnership, to offer the improved medical services to millions of Vietnamese patients.
3. ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/vietnam/ Top 10 Causes of Deaths in Vietnam
4. ↑ http://www.baokhanhhoa.com.vn/english/socio_politic/201410/cancer-workshop-at-tam-tri-nha-trang-general-hospital-2344227/ Cancer workshop at Tam Tri Nha Trang General Hospital