Breast cancer treatment

Breast cancer is a malignant disease caused by a mutation in the breast cells. A lesion forms in the chest which spread throughout the body like a virus and the immune system does not recognize it as a disease.

The stage of breast oncology is determined by the number of cancer foci and their size, from 0 to 4. Stage I — one lesion up to 2 centimeters in diameter, it does not grow into the skin or muscles, stage 4 of breast cancer — multiple lesions throughout the body.

Women do not notice signs of the disease in the early stages of breast cancer. Therefore, for early diagnosis of breast cancer, WHO recommends girls over 25 to undergo an ultrasound every 3 years, women over 50 — annually. A woman can feel a soft seal to the touch without clear contours, and as it grows, there will be discomfort in her chest.

Signs of breast cancer stage III-IV:

• asymmetric lymph node enlargement
• the appearance of a visible bump
• skin ulcer
• inflammation or suppuration
• bloody issues

(Based on women diagnosed with breast cancer between 2009 and 2015)
5-year Relative Survival Rate:
Localized — 99%
Regional — 86%
Distant — 27%
All SEER stages combined — 90%

Important:

1. Actual indicators will be better than in the chart, as the treatment is updated annually, and oncologists predict an increase in the life expectancy of women with breast cancer.
2. Consider not the actual stage, but the first identified. Statistics are maintained when the stage changes during treatment.
3. The data do not take into account age, health, treatment, tumor type, the presence of hormone receptors, HER2 status, and other factors.
4. Patients with triple-negative or inflammatory breast cancer do not belong to these indicators.
5. The numbers differ in the countries.

The cost of treatment depends on the clinic and the country.

Factors that affect the cost:

• doctor’s fee depends on his experience
• drugs invented over the past 10 years are more expensive due
• to the patents
• radiation devices are updated every 3 years, new equipment pays off longer

Prices in the leading countries for treatment abroad:

• Full examination (mammography, trepan biopsy, CT, PET-CT) — from $ 2500
• Surgery (without reconstruction and lymph dissection) — from $ 6000
• Chemotherapy (drugs) — from $ 500 per pack
• Chemotherapy (3-5 days administration) — from $ 250 per day
• Immunotherapy (medicines) — from $ 1500 per pack
  Radiation therapy (15-30 sessions) — from $ 8000 per course

It is possible to cure breast cancer at any stage, the prognosis depends on 4 factors:

1. treatment strategy
2. concomitant diseases of a woman and her age
3. oncology prevalence in other organs
4. histology: type of cytokeratins, HER2 receptor status plus or minus, estrogen sensitivity.

At stages 1-2 of the disease — the price depends on the cost of the surgery, which are:

1. Radical or organ-preserving
2. With the removal of lymph nodes
3. With and without breast reconstruction

Israel — $ 15,000 — 25,000
Europe — € 9,000 — 16,000
Turkey — $ 6,000 — 12,000
India — $ 4,000 — 10,000
South Korea — $ 8,000 — 15,000

Combination therapy is used at stages 3-4 of breast cancer: several stages of the surgery are combined with systemic immunotherapy, exposure to Cyberknife, HIPEC, and more. The treatment of metastases is comparable in cost to the treatment of oncology of each organ separately.

The average check of treatment becomes higher:

Israel — from $ 50,000
Europe — from € 30,000
Turkey — from $ 25,000
India — from $ 20,000
South Korea — from $ 30,000

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