What are the procedures in the Treatment of Cancer and their estimated cost?

Answer 1

Cancer is not just one disease, but over 200 different types all categorized by stage and grade. Some cancers are more serious than others and will take longer and require more extensive treatment which will add to the costs. Other variables include where the treatment takes place, in the hospital, in the clinic, or in the home.

In general, and depending on the type of cancer and its stage treatment will consist of one modality or several:

1. Chemotherapy
2. Surgery
3. Radiation

Other treatment options includes Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA), Gamma Knife, Hyperthermic Chemoperfusion, Clinical Trials. Any and all of these treatments can drive up the costs.

However, insurance will play a large part in covering the costs of cancer.

My son was diagnosed two years ago. Our insurance has covered the costs of treating his disease, plus what the insurance does not cover our state government programs have. Our out of pocket costs have generally been in the form of lost income due to taking care of our son, traveling costs (we live a few hours from his doctors), lodging, food, and air travel to reach a medical facility where he underwent surgery. (the free air plane flights for medical use were too small and the distance to great to benefit us).

I would estimate that his treatment has been approximately $1 million dollars. The last time he was in the hospital for 7 days, the bill for the chemotherapy was around $54,000.
He has also had two surgeries and both were around $150,000. Again, we have been fortunate enough that our insurance has covered almost 100% of his treatment. Cancer is costly . . but, than a life is priceless.

Answer 2

the treatment to be carried out is decided by many points like the type of cancer where it is & which stage it is . This is decided by either a FNAC cell study or biopsy.
The three main options r
1 surgery
2 chemotherpy &
3 radiation .
The early first stage cancers are surgically curable . Some cancers r more responsive to chemotherpy or location make surgery difficult. Some r radio resistant & some ar e responsive . Accordingly the tretment line is decided. May be acombination of surgery followed by chemo or both chemo & radiation . in terminal conditions pallitive surgery & or symptomatic relief is provided.Cost very from country to country & different hospitals & centres .But it is genrally towards costly treatment specially with chemo .

Answer 3

Surgery, chemo, radiation, meds, MRI's and CT scans every few months, when it returns possibly more surgery, more chemo, radiation.... It is a cycle and is very expensive. My husband has been battling Non small cell lung cancer for 3 years. It has gone to his brain twice and his adrenal gland. We have insurance but still have alot of bills that insurance wont cover. For a 5 day stay at the hospital and gamma knife surgery our bills are over $100,000.His first surgery racked up bills around $200,000. Now I have to get a caregiver for him so that I can work and that costs as well as medical supplies he needs and will need.

Answer 4

The patient has to undergo surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Some cancers will come back with a vengeance. If metastasis occur to the adjacent organs, the lifespan will be limited. The cost of treatment may vary from one hospital to another and from one country to another.
Please see the web pages for more details on Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Metastasis.

Answer 5

It all depends on what type of cancer and what stage it's in.