Ph.D, MD Nguyen Thu Huong

MD. Ph.D Nguyen Thu Huong was the former Head of Breast Imaging at Department of Radiology in Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi. She has 13 years of experience in Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, specializing in Breast Imaging. 
Dr Huong was trained locally as a resident at Hanoi Medical University. She then proceeded for specialization in an International Fellowship Program at the Breast Center of Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea. Dr Huong had also finished her PhD in Radiology Imaging and Nuclear Medicine at Gunma University, Japan. In addition, she actively joins and organizes science symposiums and meetings to network and build up on specialized knowledge of her profession.

Publications:

• Nguyen-Thu, H., Hanaoka, H., Nakajima, T., Yamaguchi, A., Nguyen-Cong, T., Kartamihardja, A. A. P., & Tsushima, Y. (2018). Early prediction of triple negative breast cancer response to cisplatin treatment using diffusion-weighted MRI and 18F-FDG-PET. Breast Cancer, 25(3), 334–342. doi: 10.1007/s12282-018-0834-z

• Nguyen-Thu, H., Ohyama, Y., Taketomi-Takahashi, A., Nguyen-Cong, T., Sugimoto, A., Sato, M., … Tsushima, Y. (2018). Association of Aortic Arch Width Assessed by Noncontrast Cardiac Computed Tomography With Cardiac Remodeling, Cardiac Function, and Atherosclerosis in a Japanese Cohort”. Journal of Thoracic Imaging, 33(4), 240–245. doi: 10.1097/rti.0000000000000332.

Presentations:

• The research and results of publication 1 has been presented at many symposiums, namely:

1. 1. The 3rd Annual ANMEG symposium in November 2015 in Gunma, Japan.

   2. The 4th Annual ANMEG symposium on 18th November 2016 in Gunma, Japan.

   3. The 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese society for Molecular Imaging from 29-30th May 2016 in Kobe, Japan.

   4. The 11th Symposium of Japan Scandinavian Radiological Society in September 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.

   5. The 14th Nordic Japan PACS Symposium in September 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.

   6.  

• Presentation of “Early evaluation of DWI imaging and FDG PET for Cisplatin treatment for breast cancer” at the Annual meeting Kitakanto Medical Society in September 2016 in Gunma, Japan.

• Presentation of “Early evaluation of DWI imaging and FDG PET for Cisplatin and Paclitaxel treatment for breast cancer” at the 5th World Congress on Breast Cancer in June 2017 in London, UK.

• Presentation “Association of aortic arch width assessed by non-contrast cardiac computed tomography with cardiac remodeling, cardiac function and atherosclerosis” at the 19th VSRN Vietnamese Society of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine congress 

• Presentation “Early evaluation of DWI imaging and FDG PET for Cisplatin treatment for breast cancer”, at ACNM annual meeting and SNMMI mid-winter meeting in Orlando, Florida, US.