Pancreatic cancer treatment cost in India

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Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Pancreatic cancer is treated in several ways. It depends on the kind of pancreatic cancer and how far it has spread. Treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted and radiation therapy or a combination of these. 

. Surgery: Doctors remove cancer tissue in an operation

. Chemotherapy: Using special medicines to shrink or kill the cancer. The drugs can be pills you take or medicines given in your veins, or sometimes both.

. Radiation: Using high-energy rays (similar to X-rays) to kill the cancer.

Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Cost

a) Whipple Procedure 

Treatment : Whipple procedure, or Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Success Rate : 98-99%

Basic Package : 8,200 USD - 9,500 USD (APPROX) 

Total Stay in Hospital : 8-9 days 

Total Stay in India : 18-20 days

If a tumor is in the head of the pancreas, has not spread to other areas of the body and can be removed (resected) surgically.

b) Distal pancreatectomy surgery 

Treatment : Distal Pancreatectomy
Success Rate : 95-99%
Basic Package : 8500 USD (Approx)
Total Stay in Hospital : 7-9 days.
Total Stay in India : 18-21 days

A distal pancreatectomy involves surgical resection of the body and tail of the pancreas with or without splenectomy.

c) Total pancreatectomy surgery 

Treatment : Total Pancreatectomy
Success Rate : 95%
Basic Package : 8500 USD (Approx)
Total Stay in Hospital : 7-11 days.
Total Stay in India : 20-22 days

A total pancreatectomy is only done when the disease involves the entire pancreas and no other surgical options are available. 

Chemotherapy

Treatment :  Chemotherapy
Success Rate : 80-85%
Basic Package : 600 USD-2000 USD  (per cycle)
Total Stay in Hospital : 1-2 days.
Total Stay in India : 60 days

Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body. 

Targeted Therapy

Treatment : Targeted Therapy
Success Rate : 80-90%
Basic Package : 10000 USD-12000 USD  (per cycle)
Total Stay in Hospital : 3-4 days.
Total Stay in India : 30-60 days

Targeted therapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to target specific genes and proteins that are involved in the growth and survival of cancer cells. Targeted therapy can affect the tissue environment that helps a cancer grow and survive or it can target cells related to cancer growth, like blood vessel cells.

Radiation Therapy

a) Treatment : Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) 
Success Rate : 97-99%
Basic Package : 6000 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 0 days.
Total Stay in India : 20-25 days

Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) refers to the use of imaging, usually CT scans and X-rays, to help precisely target the cancer with radiation therapy. This is another important advance in the radiation therapy technology that improves the chance of killing a cancer whilst reducing the risk of damaging normal body tissues and structures. 

b) Treatment : Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
Success Rate : 97-99%
Basic Package : 4500 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 0 days.
Total Stay in India : 20-25 days

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is the most advanced form of 3-D conformal radiation therapy, a technique that adjusts the radiation beam to the contours of a tumor, allowing for higher, more effective doses of radiation to be delivered while minimizing exposure to surrounding healthy tissue.

c) Treatment : CyberKnife
Success Rate : 97-100%
Basic Package : 7000 USD with 5 sessions  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 1-2 days.
Total Stay in India : 20-25 days

The CyberKnife one of the most advanced forms of radiosurgery is a painless, non-invasive treatment that delivers high doses of precisely targeted radiation.