I wonder if you have discovered such a phenomenon:
With the high incidence of cancer, more and more patients have chosen to go abroad for medical treatment, and foreign treatment techniques seem to have become the last life-saving straw. Data shows that the number of medical treatment in China has exceeded 800,000, most of which are tumor diseases.
What attracts cancer patients to seek medical treatment overseas?
There is such a patient around me, Mr. Zhang, 59, who is usually quite strong. Suddenly, for a while, he felt that his weight loss was obvious. At first, he didn't care much and thought he was malnutrition, but what followed was abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and even blood stool . Only then did I realize the severity. I went to the hospital for examination with my family and found that it was advanced colon cancer!
What’s worse is that metastases occur in many parts such as the liver and lungs.
Uncle Zhang has unbearable abdominal pain and often cannot fall asleep at night. I insisted on 2 courses of chemotherapy in the country, and my weight dropped by 20 kilograms. However, the results of the review showed that the tumor was not effectively controlled. By performing gene detection, showed a BRAF gene mutation. At that time, there was no drug used in China for this mutation, and the survival period was even estimated to not exceed 3 months.
At this time, Mr. Zhang made a major decision and decided to go to the United States for treatment. But it was opposed by the family. For the sake of the elderly, the family was that they didn't want him to work on a journey. The second is the effect. After all, it has reached the late stage. Even if I go to the United States, I am worried that the effect will not reach the expected value. Even if there is a glimmer of hope, I plan to try it.
Because he is not familiar with foreign countries, he found a professional domestic institution and arrived in the United States successfully with his help. American doctors have formulated a combination of three drugs based on the condition, mainly targeted drugs.
Unexpectedly, after several courses of treatment, the carcinoembryonic antigen value dropped from the original 1700 to 40. After three months of treatment, the metastatic lesions in the liver decreased by half, and the tumors in other parts also showed significant reductions.
Now Mr. Zhang has broken the curse of "3 months". In addition to daily cooperation in treatment, he will also do some physical exercise. He said, "Although the road ahead will be difficult, I will not give up."
There must be many situations around us like this. I believe that the main reason for attracting domestic patients is the relatively developed anti-cancer medical technology.
In the "2019 Cancer Data Survey Report" released in the United States, the total cancer mortality rate in the United States has dropped by 27% by 2016. Judging from the 5-year survival rate, which is one of the effective indicators for cancer treatment, the overall survival rate of the United States in the five-year period has reached 70%, which is undoubtedly very amazing. The domestic 5-year survival rate of cancer is about 40.5%, which is undoubtedly a big difference. Of course, the number of cancers in the United States and China is different, and the cure rates of different cancers are also different. Although the comparison between the two is not rigorous, it also reflects the gap in cancer treatment in some aspects.
The United States has a developed economy and sufficient funds. It was predicted that the United States would invest more than $1 trillion every year in the field of cancer treatment, so there are many new anti-cancer drugs and technologies. Many new drugs or technologies will enter clinical practice in China after they are launched in the United States. In addition to new drugs and treatment technologies, another reason for the high cure rate of cancer is that the United States has made long-term efforts in cancer prevention and early detection and early treatment.
According to the past situation of patients abroad, the following types are suitable for medical treatment:
. The domestic treatment effect is not ideal, there is no standard treatment plan, and whether there are treatment methods abroad is sought.
2. The detection level is limited and it is impossible to make a clear diagnosis. Seeking a diagnosis will make it easier to determine the treatment plan as soon as possible.
3. The condition is complicated and you need to consult and seek the best solution.
4. The current plan is not effective, so you need to adjust the plan or use the dosage.
5. Looking for a higher quality of life, most foreign medical treatment teams are used to treat multiple disciplines, while domestic medical resources are scarce, the treatment is crowded, and the beds are tight. It may take a long time to confirm, arrange admission to hospital, and implement treatment plans.
Of course, in recent years, the domestic medical level has also shown a qualitative leap. In addition to traditional treatments, various targeted drugs and immunotherapy for cancer have been continuously approved for marketing or entered the clinical trial stage. This provides more options for treatment for cancer patients!
Cancer patients are unfortunate and lucky at the same time.
Unfortunately, the stubbornness of cancer diseases, although it is showing a trend of being conquered, is still a headache. Fortunately, the medical level and the development of science and technology. Compared with previous treatments, cancer patients have more treatment methods to try, not only in China, but also enjoy foreign diagnosis and treatment technology. If you don’t even go abroad, you can invite foreign experts to conduct online consultations and provide foreign diagnosis and treatment plans. Recently, professional institutions have joined hands with hospital experts in the United States, Japan and other countries with top cancer treatments to provide online consultations for domestic cancer patients to solve the problems of cancer patients’ treatment! Such as MD Anderson Cancer Center , Memorial Sloan Catherine Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Cancer Yanyouming Hospital, National Cancer Center East Hospital, etc., covering various solid tumors such as lung cancer, liver cancer , gastric cancer , breast cancer , colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer and other solid tumors .
Medicine has no borders, and the interoperability between cross-borders can fill the gap in medical technology. The development of the world's medical level ultimately benefits ourselves.
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