What is the cost of lung cancer treatment in India

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Lung Cancer Treatment

Depending on its type & stage, lung cancer may be treated with surgery, chemotherapy or other medications, radiation therapy, local treatments or a combination of treatments. Combination treatment or multimodality treatment refers to having more than one type of treatment.

You may get more than one type of treatment. The treatment for lung cancer include:

Cost of Lung Cancer Surgery 

a) Lobectomy Lung Surgery Cost 

Treatment :  VATS/ Open lobectomy
Success Rate : 90-98%
Basic Package : 8500 USD-9000 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 7-9days.
Total Stay in India : 18-21 days

A lobectomy is done to remove a diseased or damaged portion of the lung, most often due to lung cancer.

b) Tracheal Resection Surgery Cost 

Treatment :  Tracheal Resection
Success Rate : 90-98%
Basic Package : 12000 USD-14000 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 10-11days.
Total Stay in India : 20-22 days

Tracheal resection is an operation on the windpipe – the tube which connects the voicebox to the lungs. It involves a short section of the windpipe being removed and the cut ends of the windpipe are stitched back together.

c) Rib Resection Surgery Cost 

Treatment : Rib Resection
Success Rate : 90-98%
Basic Package : 8500 USD-9000 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 7-8 days.
Total Stay in India : 20 days

Rib resection for chest wall tumors, including lung cancer with chest wall invasion, is usually performed through open thoracotomy. Resection of part of the external rib cage requires an elongated or additional incision depending on the location and extension of the tumor, eventually becoming more invasive to patients.

d) Lung Decortication Surgery Cost 

Treatment : Lung Decortication
Success Rate : 90-98%
Basic Package : 8000 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 6-8 days.
Total Stay in India : 18-20 days

Decortication is a surgical procedure that removes the restrictive layer of fibrous tissue overlying an organ. It is mostly performed to remove the fibrous layer over the lung, chest wall, and diaphragm. 

e) Pneumonectomy Surgery Cost 

Treatment :  Pneumonectomy
Success Rate : 90-98%
Basic Package : 8500 USD-9000 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 7-9days.
Total Stay in India : 18-20 days

A pneumonectomy is a surgical procedure to remove one lung. It is the most extensive type of lung removal surgery. Surgeons most often perform it to remove lung masses and growths, like non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but sometimes doctors will remove a lung to treat other conditions, such as: COPD.

Chemotherapy Lung Cancer Treatment Cost

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. 

Lung Cancer Targeted Therapy Cost 

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.

HITHOC Chemo Cost 

Treatment : HITHOC Chemo
Success Rate : 80-90%
Basic Package : 14000 USD  (APPROX).
Total Stay in Hospital : 9-11 days.
Total Stay in India : 30 days

Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) has been used in addition to radical surgery for primary and secondary pleural malignancies to improve local control, prolong survival, and improve the quality of life.

Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy Cost 

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.