Newer cancer medicines that attack a specific weakness in the cancer, or help the body's own immune system fight it.
Pending doctor checkTests on the tumour look for changes in its genes or proteins. Targeted medicines block those changes, so they act mainly on cancer cells. Immunotherapy helps the immune system recognise and attack the cancer. These are often called precision or molecular oncology, and are given by drip or as tablets.
People whose cancer shows a matching change on testing, or whose cancer type is known to respond, such as some lung, breast, kidney, bowel, skin and head and neck cancers.
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 estimateYour oncologist looks at your tumour test results. If testing has not been done, it can often be done on the biopsy you already have.
No. It works in a different way and usually has different, often milder, side effects. Sometimes it is given together with chemotherapy.
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