Patient Info: Tran Quan Co
Tran Quan Co
Male
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Patient Details:
Year of Birth: 2006
From: Ho Chi Minh
Diagnosed with: Liver Tumor
Accompanied with: Ms QUan - Mother
Person-In-Charge: Tran Thi Phuong Mai
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Patient Intro:
Little Co was introduced to GFO in March 2008.
Treatment Information:
| 6/2007 |
- Parents found a hard tumor in abdominal area. After MRI, doctor in Vietnam concluded that the patient was suffered from liver tumor
- In Vietnam, he has gone through 2 operations to remove the tumor and few cycles of chemotherapy; however, the tumor did not response with anti-cancerous drugs |
| 2/2008 |
- Patient arrived in Singapore and had treatment in National University Hospital (NUH)
- The treatment protocol is: patient will undergo through 3 cycles of chemotherapy. Each cycle will last for 3 weeks and includes 3 times of chemotherapy. After that, the patient will be checked again and considered to be operated to remove the tumor |
| 3/2008 |
- Patient was underwent through the first cycle of chemotherapy
- Patient was in good condition and good appetite |
| 4/2008 |
- Ultrasound scan shown that the tumor did not increase in size nor spread out. This indicated that the anti-cancer drug works.
- Patient's AFP indicator increased but doctor thought it was just fluctuated during the chemotherapy. However, doctor will keep a close eye on AFP indicator.
- The patient finished the first cycle of chemotherapy. Side effect: rashes. |
| 5/2008 |
- Doctor noticed that the chemotherapy only helped the tumor not increase in size nor spread out but the drug could not make the tumor totally disappear.
- The next treatment protocol will be to operate to remove the tumor. However, the tumor has spread to many parts of the liver, leading to the need of a liver transplant. The donor will be the patient's father.
- The family was researching about process and cost of liver transplant in Vietnam. In the mean time, the patient continued to receive 1 cycle of chemotherapy which lasts for 5 weeks to control the tumor.
- The family planned to go back to Singapore in early June. |
| 6/2008 |
- Patient was current in Vietnam and waiting for liver transplant. In the mean time, the patient took an oral anti-cancer table to control the tumor.
- However, doctor suggested that the patient needs to have a liver transplant asap. |
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