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Esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer
Five-year survival rate

≥90%
Early stage (stage I)
40% - 90%
Mid-stage (stage II-III)
20%-30%
Late stage (stage IV)

Esophageal cancer is the 8th most commonly diagnosed cancer and the 6th most common cause of cancer death in the world. According to data from the World Health Organization, there are an estimated 604,000 new cases of esophageal cancer and 544,000 esophageal cancer deaths in 2020.That is, 1 in every 18 people who die from cancer is esophageal cancer, and about 70% of esophageal cancer patients are men. In Malaysia, esophageal cancer accounted for approximately 1 in 100 of all new cancer cases in 2020.

The main symptoms of esophageal cancer include：

🟢 Painful or difficult swallowing
🟢 Pain in the throat or back, behind the sternum, or between the shoulder blades
🟢 Sudden weight loss
🟢 Heartburn and indigestion
🟢 Hoarseness and coughing
🟢 Vomiting or coughing up blood

Integrative Minimally Invasive Treatment VS Traditional Treatment

St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou mainly uses the new integrated anti-cancer model of "integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, minimally invasive targeting" to treat cancer, such as interventional therapy, seed implantation therapy, combined knife, microwave ablation, nanoknife, cryotherapy, etc., combined with each cancer patient's specific condition and personal needs, to develop a personalized integrated minimally invasive treatment plan.

Integrative Minimally Invasive Treatment

1、No need for resection and few complications: Minimally invasive treatment can preserve the esophagus to a great extent and operate inside the body through tiny incisions, greatly reducing complications such as postoperative infection.
2、Less trauma, fewer side effects, fewer complications, and faster recovery: Minimally invasive treatment is a minimally invasive, non-open surgery with less postoperative pain and quick recovery, which can greatly improve the patient's quality of life.
3、Short treatment time: The minimally invasive treatment cycle is about one week, with a short recovery period and quick results, helping patients return to normal life faster.
4、Patients do not need to wait in line and can be treated immediately upon admission.
5、One-on-one individual consultation, ensuring patient privacy and security to a great extent.

Surgery
1.Many resection complications: Surgery to remove part of the esophagus may cause problems such as dysphagia and esophageal stenosis.
2.Affect digestive function: Postoperative esophageal dysfunction, such as reflux esophagitis, is prone to occur.
3.Long recovery period: Patients need to undergo a long period of dietary adjustment and rehabilitation training simultaneously after surgery.
Radiotherapy
1.Severe side effects: Radiotherapy is often accompanied by side effects such as nausea, vomiting, and oral ulcers, which greatly affect the patient's quality of life.
2.Long treatment cycle: It usually lasts many weeks or months, affecting the patient’s life and work.
3.Large trauma: It can easily cause radiation damage such as inflammation and fibrosis of the esophageal mucosa, leading to adverse reactions such as dysphagia.
Chemotherapy
1.Severe side effects: It is often accompanied by obvious side effects such as hair loss, anemia, vomiting, and immunosuppression, greatly affecting the patient's quality of life.
2.The treatment effect is unstable: Patients are prone to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs, immunosuppression, and other problems, resulting in a daily decline in treatment effect, an increase in complications, and an increase in the difficulty of treatment.
3.The treatment cycle is long: it usually lasts 8-24 times, affecting the patient’s life and work.

Esophageal cancer patients' stories

They come from different countries around the world, but they have experienced the same experience and endured the pain that cancer has brought to them. However, now, with the effective treatment and meticulous care of St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, they have rekindled their confidence in life and become anti-cancer fighters. Here, they share their anti-cancer experience, love and warmth with everyone.

Minimally Invasive Technology Eliminates Esophageal Cancer Successfully*

Esophageal Cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy

NGUYEN VAN THANH, an esophageal cancer patient from Vietnam, took interventional therapy, natural therapy etc in Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou. Now, he is in better condition and his tumor has disappeared....

Vietnamese esophageal cancer patient: I have confidence in minimally invasive treatment

Esophageal Cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy + photodynamic therapy

Vietnamese patient DAM VAN HOE was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in November 2018 with liver, mediastinum, and cervical lymph node metastasis. At that time, he found it difficult to swallow and could not eat. Drinking milk, water and other liquids was also difficult for him. Af...

Stomach cancer

Stomach cancer
Five-year survival rate

65%-90%
Early stage (stage I)
25%-70%
Mid-stage (stage II-III)
<25%
Late stage (stage IV)

According to IARC statistics, among the 19.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2020, gastric cancer ranked fifth, with about 1.09 million cases; among the 10 million cancer deaths worldwide, gastric cancer ranked fourth, with about 770,000 cases. In Malaysia, gastric cancer ranked 12th among new cancer cases in 2020, and there were 3 gastric cancers in every 100 new cancer cases.

The symptoms of early gastric cancer are not obvious. When gastric cancer develops into advanced stages, the main symptoms include：

🟢 Loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss
🟢 Nausea, vomiting, pain or difficulty swallowing
🟢 Blood in the stool or vomiting blood
🟢 Heartburn and indigestion
🟢 Pain or lump in upper abdomen
🟢 Feeling bloated or gasy after eating

Integrative Minimally Invasive Treatment VS Traditional Treatment

St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou mainly uses the new integrated anti-cancer model of "integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, minimally invasive targeting" to treat cancer, such as interventional therapy, seed implantation therapy, combined knife, microwave ablation, nanoknife, cryotherapy, etc., combined with each cancer patient's specific condition and personal needs, to develop a personalized integrated minimally invasive treatment plan.

Integrative Minimally Invasive Treatment

1、No need for resection: minimally invasive treatment can preserve the stomach to a great extent and reduce the impact of gastric resection on the patient's quality of life.
2、Less trauma, fewer side effects, fewer complications, and faster recovery: Minimally invasive treatment is a minimally invasive, non-open surgery with less postoperative pain and quick recovery, which can greatly improve the patient's quality of life.
3、Short treatment time: The minimally invasive treatment cycle is about one to two weeks, with a short recovery period and quick results, helping patients return to normal life faster.
4、Patients do not need to wait in line and can be treated immediately upon admission.
5、One-on-one individual consultation, ensuring patient privacy and security to a great extent.

Surgery
1.Many resection complications: Gastric cancer surgery usually requires the removal of part or all of the stomach, which can easily cause complications such as gastrointestinal dysfunction, infection, and bleeding.
2.Malnutrition: Gastric resection can easily lead to reduced nutritional intake, and patients need additional nutritional support.
3.Long recovery period: Gastric resection will cause great discomfort to the patient and the recovery time will also be greatly lengthened.
Radiotherapy
1.Severe side effects: Radiotherapy is often accompanied by side effects such as nausea, vomiting, and oral ulcers, which greatly affects the patient's quality of life.
2.Long treatment cycle: It usually lasts for many weeks or even months, affecting the patient’s life and work.
3.Large trauma: It can easily cause radiation damage such as inflammation and fibrosis of the esophageal mucosa, leading to adverse reactions such as dysphagia.
Chemotherapy
1.Severe side effects: It is often accompanied by obvious side effects such as hair loss, anemia, vomiting, and immunosuppression, greatly affecting the patient's quality of life.
2.The treatment effect is unstable: Patients are prone to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs, immunosuppression, and other problems, resulting in a daily decline in treatment effect, an increase in complications, and an increase in the difficulty of treatment.
3.The treatment cycle is long: it usually lasts 8-24 times, affecting the patient’s life and work.

Gastric cancer patients' stories

They come from different countries around the world, but they have experienced the same experience and endured the pain that cancer has brought to them. However, now, with the effective treatment and meticulous care of St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, they have rekindled their confidence in life and become anti-cancer fighters. Here, they share their anti-cancer experience, love and warmth with everyone.

After removing 3/4 of my stomach in Vietnam, minimally invasive comprehensive treatment gave me a new life*

Gastric cancer

treatment plan：Intervention therapy

Nguyen Thanh Tung, from Hanoi, Vietnam, when he appeared at the “2023 Anti-Cancer Star Volunteer Back to Base” event held by our hospital, no one could tell that this man with a firm face and slender figure was 66 years old this year. Dressed in a straight suit, he looked upri...

Minimally Invasive Treatment Helps My Mother with Gastric Cancer Regain Her Life*

Gastric cancer

treatment plan：Interventional therapy + Targeted therapy

"Regarding treatment matters, the local Malay doctors will not talk to us a lot and they come and go so quickly, but the doctors over here will always care about the patients and treatment-related matters will be explained until both the patients and their families understand."...

Believe in Yourself, Get Rid of the Fear of Cancer*

gastric cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy + particle knife

Mr. Asm Tanvir Ahmed This is the third time that Mr. Asm Tanvir Ahmed comes to Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, China for follow-up examination and treatments. The examination result makes him very happy. ...

Bastari: To Drive away the Darkness in Your Life, Light has Dawned

Stomach Cancer

treatment plan：photodynamic therapy

An Indonesian stomach cancer patient, Bastari, hospitalized in Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou in January, 2015. After taking interventional therapy, natural therapy and photodynamic therapy, his condition was effectively controlled and the ...

Comprehensive Treatments Help Stomach Cancer Patient Defeat Cancer

Stomach Cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy

Bui Ba Hien is a Vietnamese stomach cancer patient. He took interventional therapy and surgery at St. Stamford MCHG. At present, his tumor has gone and tumor marker from 3954 u/ml has decreased to 78 u/ml....

Comprehensive Minimally Invasive Therapy Let Us Move Forward on the Journey of Fighting Cancer*

stomach cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy + photodynamic therapy

According to the statistics of the Health Department of Malaysia in 2018, the incidence rate of stomach cancer was about 13.9 cases per 100,000 persons, and mortality rate was 8.8 cases per 100,000 persons. For lung cancer, the incidence rate was about 46.6 cases per 100,000 perso...

Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal Cancer
Five-year survival rate

80%-95%
Early stage (stage I)
25%-80%
Mid-stage (stage II-III)
<25%
Late stage (stage IV)

Colorectal cancer, the collective name for CRC, is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. According to IARC statistics, 1.93 million people were newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2020, accounting for 9.7% of the number of newly diagnosed cancers worldwide. That is, 1 in every 10 new cases will be colorectal cancer. And in Malaysia, it is the second leading cause of cancer death among Malaysian men and women.

In its early stages, colorectal cancer usually does not cause any symptoms. When symptoms occur, common symptoms include:

🟢 Changes in bowel movements, including diarrhea or constipation
🟢 Blood in stool
🟢 Persistent abdominal discomfort, such as cramping, swelling, or pain
🟢 A feeling of incomplete gastrointestinal emptying
🟢 Unexplained weight loss

Integrative Minimally Invasive Treatment VS Traditional Treatment

St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou mainly uses the new integrated anti-cancer model of "integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, minimally invasive targeting" to treat cancer, such as interventional therapy, seed implantation therapy, combined knife, microwave ablation, nanoknife, cryotherapy, etc., combined with each cancer patient's specific condition and personal needs, to develop a personalized integrated minimally invasive treatment plan.

Integrative Minimally Invasive Treatment:

1、No need for excision, stoma: Minimally invasive treatment can eliminate the tumor while preserving organ function to a great extent, sparing the patient from stoma damage.
2、Less trauma, fewer side effects, fewer complications, and faster recovery: Minimally invasive treatment is a minimally invasive, non-open surgery with less postoperative pain and quick recovery, which can greatly improve the patient's quality of life.
3、Short treatment time: The minimally invasive treatment cycle is about 1-2 week, with a short recovery period and quick results, helping patients return to normal life faster.
4、Patients do not need to wait in line and can be treated immediately upon admission.
5、One-on-one individual consultation, ensuring patient privacy and security to a great extent.

Surgery
1.Surgical stoma complications will be many: Intestinal resection or stoma can easily cause complications such as intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and infection.
2.Impact on physical and mental health: Artificial anus or ostomy can easily affect the patient's lifestyle and mental health.
3.Malnutrition: Intestinal resection can easily lead to reduced nutritional intake, and patients need additional nutritional support to maintain nutritional balance.
4.Long recovery period: Intestinal resection or stoma will cause great discomfort to the patient, and the physical and mental recovery time will be greatly lengthened.
Radiotherapy
1.Severe side effects: Radiotherapy is often accompanied by side effects such as nausea, vomiting, and oral ulcers, which greatly affects the patient's quality of life.
2.Long treatment cycle: It usually lasts for many weeks or even months, affecting the patient’s life and work.
3.Large trauma: It can easily cause radiation damage such as inflammation and fibrosis of the esophageal mucosa, leading to adverse reactions such as dysphagia.
Chemotherapy
1.Severe side effects: It is often accompanied by obvious side effects such as hair loss, anemia, vomiting, and immunosuppression, greatly affecting the patient's quality of life.
2.The treatment effect is unstable: Patients are prone to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs, immunosuppression, and other problems, resulting in a daily decline in treatment effect, an increase in complications, and an increase in the difficulty of treatment.
3.The treatment cycle is long: it usually lasts 8-24 times, affecting the patient’s life and work.

Colorectal cancer patient’s story

They come from different countries around the world, but they have experienced the same experience and endured the pain that cancer has brought to them. However, now, with the effective treatment and meticulous care of St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, they have rekindled their confidence in life and become anti-cancer fighters. Here, they share their anti-cancer experience, love and warmth with everyone.

Minimally invasive treatment helps him beat rectal cancer as 10cm tumor disappears*

Rectal Cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy + particle knife + gene targeted therapy

HENDRY ANGGLES, a stage IV rectal cancer patient from Indonesia, came to Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou for treatment in 2017, and eventually the tumor was successfully shrunk from 10cm to 2cm. now he came for return visit after four years and received a miraculous surprise....

With Minimally Invasive Treatment，a 64-year-old Rectal Cancer Patient Was Reborn!*

Colorectal cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy + local radiotherapy + naturopathy.

The 64 years old man, he wears a black bowler hat, hale and hearty, and his smiling eyes are glittering with friendliness and determination. His name is Nurdin, from Dumai, Riau Province, Indonesia, This is the first time he returned to St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzho...

Minimally Invasive Treatment Gave Impetus to Fight against Advanced Colon Cancer

Colon Cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy

Nguyen Thi Tuoi was diagnosed as colon cancer in 2014.In 2016, she suffered metastasess to spleen and underwent treatment in Vietnam but it didn’t work. She came to St.Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou in Aug, 2017. With combined minimally invasive treatment of intervent...

Facing Stage IV Colorectal Cancer, I Refuse Surgery*

Colorectal Cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy

HENDRY ANGGLES comes from Surabaya, Indonesia. With colorectal cancer, he was admitted in St.Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou. After interventional therapy and particle implantation, the tumor has shrunk from 10cm to 2cm and he gained good condition....

I choose MCHG out of trust

Colorectal cancer

treatment plan：interventional therapy + particle knife + cryotherapy

METI BASUKI, comes from Jakarta, Indonesia, was admitted in MCHG on Jan. 9, 2015. She was diagnosed as colorectal cancer stage IV. After a combined treatment, her tumor marker has backed to normal and the CT scans indicated the metastases have disappe...