Through a pinhole in the groin or wrist, a fine tube is guided to the artery feeding a liver tumour, and chemotherapy (TACE) or tiny radioactive beads (TARE) are delivered straight into it.
Pending doctor checkAn interventional radiologist guides a fine tube through an artery to the liver using X-ray imaging. In TACE (chemoembolisation), chemotherapy is delivered into the tumour and its blood supply is blocked. In TARE (radioembolisation), tiny beads carrying radiation are delivered instead. There is no open surgery, only a pinhole.
People with liver cancer, or cancer that has spread to the liver, that cannot be removed by surgery, or as a bridge to surgery or a transplant.
Every patient gets their own estimate, in writing, from the hospital. These are the things that move it.
Room types, equipment and running costs differ from one hospital to the next.
A surgeon's fee follows their experience and how complex the operation is.
Keyhole or robotic surgery, and the make of any implant, can change the price.
Other conditions, earlier treatment and the tests you need before treatment all count.
Days in hospital, any time in intensive care and the weeks you spend recovering in India.
Physiotherapy, medicines to take home and follow-up visits are added only if your doctor asks for them.
The estimate is not final until the doctor has examined you in India. If anything changes, we explain it before you agree to it.
Get your written estimateIt is done under local anaesthetic and sedation. Some pain and fever afterwards is common and is treated with medicines.
Sometimes. A scan after about 4 to 6 weeks shows how the tumour has responded.
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