Chapter 613: New Direction of Differentiated Development
After dinner, Zhang Bai left.
Yu Zhiming did not return to the bedroom. He took out a latest internal medicine journal and sat on the sofa in the living room to read it, occasionally answering questions from Qingning and Xiaoxue.
Zeng Yan also came over and asked, "Uncle, at the end of the year, you must have won a lot of honors from the hospital, right?"
"Have you received any special honor?"
Yu Zhiming chuckled and said, "According to Huashan Hospital's practice, the various evaluation results will not be announced until March after the New Year."
He then said casually, "This honor is like a passing cloud to me. I don't have any special expectations."
Xiaoxue said with a chuckle, "Zeng Yan, our uncle no longer needs honors and recognition to prove himself."
"The recognition of patients is the greatest compliment."
At this time, Qing Ning handed the phone to Yu Zhiming.
Yu Zhiming glanced at the content on the screen.
This is an entertainment news, saying that a young and talented actor named Lin Min announced that he would suspend his work and devote himself to fighting cancer.
"Are you his fan? You know, I don't have any special treatment for cancer."
Qing Ning reminded: "Zhi Ming, have you forgotten everything?"
"More than three months ago, a character in a TV show kept coughing. You could definitely say there was something seriously wrong with this person's lungs."
"Is this the guy?"
Yu Zhiming looked at the photo in the entertainment news again. It showed a handsome man with clear eyes and brows.
But he really had no impression at all.
Qing Ning nodded and said, "That's him."
"His condition must have worsened, or his body could no longer sustain it, so he had to suspend work and announce his condition."
Qing Ning continued, "As a film and television actor, he should be able to afford cancer treatment that costs 1.2 million per injection, right?"
Yu Zhiming explained: "You are talking about the CAR-T cell therapy. Although it has a fairly good efficacy, its range of indications is still limited."
The miracle anti-cancer drug that is said to cost 1.2 million yuan per injection is not a drug, but a personalized cell immunotherapy.
It is referred to as CAR-T therapy, which stands for chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy.
This treatment method requires extracting immune T cells from the patient first.
Then, using genetic engineering technology, the T cells are modified so that they are equipped with tumor chimeric antigen receptors, or CARs, that specifically recognize cancer cells.
To put it simply, it is like a missile equipped with a high-precision navigator, which enables T cells to efficiently identify tumor cells in the patient's body and attack them.
Then, these modified CAR-T cells are cultured in large quantities in the laboratory.
Afterwards, the expanded "enhanced" immune T cells are returned to the patient's body.
Once these cells encounter tumor cells expressing corresponding antigens in the patient's body, they will be activated and proliferate again, and will frantically kill cancer cells through the immune killing mechanism, thereby achieving the effect of curing or alleviating the tumor.
Yu Zhiming then explained to Qing Ning, Zeng Yan, and others, "This treatment method has a good therapeutic effect on patients with blood system diseases, including leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma."
"For solid cancers, the effect is very limited."
Zeng Yan suddenly interjected, "Uncle, since you can detect tumors and cancerous tissue, can we surgically remove all tumors and cancerous tissue from the patient's body?"
"Then we can use CAR-T cell therapy to eliminate cancer cells wandering throughout the body. Can this completely cure cancer and prevent recurrence?"
this……
Yu Zhiming reached out and touched Zeng Yan's head, then said with a smile, "You think it's a bit too simple."
"Except for most early-stage cancers, many cancers develop to the middle or late stages. Removing all the tumors is like removing the entire organ."
"The treatment becomes organ transplantation."
"After an organ transplant, in order to reduce organ rejection, the body's immunity needs to be lowered, which makes it difficult to use CAR-T cell therapy because it will attack the transplanted organ."
Yu Zhiming thought for a moment and said thoughtfully, "For mid- to late-stage stomach cancer, intestinal cancer, esophageal cancer, bone cancer, and other cancers, this combined treatment method could be tried."
"However, this requires the patient to have a relatively strong body."
"Most importantly, the patient has to have money."
Qing Ning suddenly thought of something and asked with a smile, "Zhi Ming, even if the cancer has metastasized, as long as the removal of the metastatic cancerous tissue does not affect the basic function of the original organ, there is still a possibility of cure."
Yu Zhiming thought about it, nodded slightly and said, "I can only say that it is theoretically possible."
"Generally speaking, when cancer metastasizes, the patient's body is riddled with wounds and they generally can't withstand such a major surgery."
Qing Ning said softly, "As long as there's hope of success, patients will take the risk. It's better than waiting to die."
Her eyes sparkled as she asked, "Zhiming, you have a deep understanding of the physical conditions of those eleven terminally ill cancer patients at Ning'an Hospital."
"Is there anyone among them who would like to take the risk?"
Yu Zhiming warned sternly, "Qing Ning, don't tempt them. They can't stand the temptation."
"This treatment method is like rolling the dice. Only if you roll 666 will you be successful."
"The possibility of success is too small."
Qing Ning showed his small white teeth and smiled, "I know that when an expert rolls the dice, the probability of rolling a leopard is quite high."
"Zhiming, you are a super master."
Yu Zhiming glanced at her and said, "I can only know the number on the dice in the dice cup, but I can't predict the number of leopards."
Seeing that this guy was about to speak, Yu Zhiming stopped him and said, "Don't talk about this matter anymore. The investment is huge, and the chance of success is too small. It's not worth the risk."
Qing Ning pursed her lips and stopped talking about this topic.
She also understood some of Yu Zhiming's ideas.
For example, when people reach a certain age, they should accept the laws of nature and die calmly without excessive treatment.
What's more, this guy doesn't agree with ordinary people giving up all their wealth for the so-called hope of survival.
Of course, this does not apply to wealthy and willful families.
Therefore, Yu Zhiming did not pay due attention to this method of treating middle and late-stage cancer with a disproportionate input-output ratio.
Qing Ning knew one thing clearly: a drowning person would desperately grab at even the smallest straw.
But Yu Zhiming is not proactive at all.
Qing Ning secretly thought of something else, which was the aftereffect of making too much money.
If Yu Zhiming still had a strong desire for money, he would definitely be interested in trying out this treatment method that could make a fortune from the rich...
Qingning puffed up her cheeks slightly and used a small fork to pick up several pieces of fruit and stuffed them into Yu Zhiming's mouth.
Yu Zhiming, whose mouth was full of fruit, saw Qingning fork another strawberry and feed it to his mouth.
Yu Zhiming chewed hard, swallowed the fruit in his mouth, and looked at Qing Ning with amusement.
"Do you want to starve me to death?"
Qing Ning hummed twice, put the strawberry into his mouth and chewed it slowly.
At this moment, an originally vague idea gradually became clear in her mind.
After swallowing the strawberry in his mouth, Qing Ning showed an excited expression and shouted, "Zhi Ming, I have found the direction for the differentiated development of Ning'an Hospital."
"What development direction?" Yu Zhiming asked curiously.
Qing Ning chuckled and said, "With your great help, Ning'an's already well-known postpartum care center and reproductive center have now reached a new level."
"I know that more and more pregnant women and infertile women from surrounding provinces and cities are coming to Ning'an Hospital for help."
After a pause, Qing Ning continued, "I also know that my brother hopes to enhance Ning'an's domestic reputation through the rehabilitation treatment of advanced cancer patients."
"However, due to your time and energy, Zhiming, and the limited medical resources at Ning'an, we can only treat 10 to 20 patients with advanced cancer a year at best."
"If the number of patients doesn't increase, the impact will be limited."
Qing Ning met Yu Zhiming's gaze, her face beaming as she said, "Zhiming, the rehabilitation treatment for patients with advanced cancer only prolongs their time, and its impact is modest. However, the cure for patients with mid- to late-stage cancer can cause a huge sensation."
At this point, Qing Ning's thoughts became clearer and clearer, and he said quickly, "Zhi Ming, I know the conditions are quite harsh."
"The cancer type is limited, as is the site of cancer metastasis and the extent of its development. The patient's body must be relatively resistant."
"Most importantly, the patient has to have money, lots of money."
"But there are so many cancer patients across the country, we can definitely pick out dozens who meet the criteria, right?"
"As long as Ning An successfully treats 10 to 20 of these patients each year, his fame will surely spread throughout the country."
Qing Ning took Yu Zhiming's arm again and said delicately, "Zhiming, this won't add much workload to you, right?"
Xiaoxue and Zeng Yan, who were standing by, looked at Qingning acting coquettishly, and both held back their expressions, trying hard not to laugh.
Yu Zhiming rolled his eyes and said, "Of course it will increase my workload. I will need to do a deep intervention surgery to mark the area of cancerous tissue that needs to be removed."
Qing Ning rolled her eyes, shook Yu Zhiming's arm, and said with a very high sugar content, "Then let my brother make proper arrangements, as long as it doesn't increase your working hours. How about that?"
"Zhiming, we are all family now. Ning'an Hospital has developed thoroughly and is your strong backing, right?"
She fed Yu Zhiming some drug again.
"Zhiming, you brought new life to Ning'an through the confinement center and reproductive center, and saved lives through the treatment of mid- to late-stage cancer. What a great merit you have done."
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "Qing Ning, you didn't pay much attention to the affairs of Ning'an Hospital before. Why are you so concerned today?"
Qing Ning chuckled and said, "After all, I am a member of the Gu family, and my brother is the director of Ning'an Hospital."
"I'm an adult now. Under your influence, I can't just muddle along. I have to make some serious contributions, right?"
Qing Ning boasted again, "So, when you and Zeng Yan were talking about cancer treatment, I suddenly had an idea."
Yu Zhiming pinched Qingning's nose.
"I just talked about treating late-stage cancer. It's incredibly difficult to actually do it."
“But we can study the feasibility first.”
"Zhiming, do you agree?" Qingning looked surprised.
Yu Zhiming nodded slightly.
Qing Ning jumped up and shouted, "I'll call my brother right now."
At this time, Yu Xiangwan, who had been busy in the kitchen, came to the living room with the kneaded dough and prepared filling.
"Get off the car and eat the dumplings."
"Zeng Yan will be home tomorrow and we'll have all the dumplings. Let's make dumplings together tonight..."
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