With regard to cancer in Israel, both surgical and conservative methods have been successfully applied. New cancer treatments in Israel are represented by therapeutic procedures such as immunotherapy and targeted therapy. These methods of treatment do not always work, but if appropriate, they give a very good result.
Surgery remains the main treatment for cancer. The most favorable prognosis is in those cases when the tumor is diagnosed in the early stages of development. Among the surgical operations in Israel, the following are most often used:
• Laparoscopic surgery. These are minimally invasive interventions in which a small incision or puncture is made where the instruments are inserted. For example, such operations are performed for lung cancer, liver cancer, bladder and other organs and the system.
• Endoscopic surgery. In this case, the operation is performed without a single cut. Instrumentation is inserted through natural openings, such as the oral cavity, anus, urethra, or nasal cavity. One example of such interventions is transurethral resection (TUR), when the tumor is removed through the urethra.
• Robotic operations. In Israel, it has been several years since robotic operations to remove tumors have been successfully carried out. For these purposes, the Da Vinci installation is used, which is a platform with manipulator arms, which is controlled by a surgeon behind the control panel. The advantages of robotic operations in the exceptional accuracy of the intervention, low injuries and the absence of serious blood loss.
• Open operations. The vast majority of operations on the Promised Land are minimally invasive. However, in rare cases, such an intervention is not possible. In such situations, there is nothing left but an open operation. Such interventions are more difficult to tolerate, and the patient needs more time to recover.
• Neurosurgery. Tumors of the brain and spinal cord require complex neurosurgical interventions. Operations on the brain are performed both with the opening of the cranial box, and through transnasal interventions, when surgical instruments are inserted through the nasal cavity into the brain. An operation to open the cranium (craniotomy) in Israel is performed with the full consciousness of the patient. This is a unique method that allows the doctor to control the patient’s speech, motor and other functions during brain surgery.
If we are talking about precancerous conditions or benign small tumors that can later become malignant, then in this case it is possible to use simple surgical interventions, which are:
• Cryodestruction - removal of a tumor using extremely low temperature. Using a special applicator, a coolant (liquid nitrogen) is supplied to the tumor, which freezes the tumor. After some time, the tumor completely dies.
• Radio frequency ablation. This method is largely similar to the previous one, only instead of the refrigerant, in this case, electrodes are used, through which a current is applied, cauterizing the tumor.
• Laser surgery. In this case, tissue dissection is performed using laser beams. This method is justified if there is good access to the neoplasm.
As for the conservative treatment of cancer, the following methods are used in Israeli clinics:
• Chemotherapy. This is one of the key conservative methods for treating cancer, the essence of which is the introduction of cytotoxic and cytostatic drugs into the patient's body. In Israel, chemotherapy is carried out in various ways: taking tablets, intravenous injections, intraperitoneal chemotherapy (the introduction of chemotherapy into the abdominal cavity).
• Radiation therapy. Today, patients are offered various options for radiation therapy: remote radiotherapy, intracavitary radiotherapy (brachytherapy), intensively modulated radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.
• Photodynamic therapy. In some cases, it uses the photodynamic treatment method to treat cancer. The essence of this therapy is to activate photosensitive substances with a specific spectrum of light. Substances are introduced into the bloodstream, after which they selectively accumulate in a cancerous tumor. Then the tumor is irradiated, which leads to a photochemical reaction, the product of which is the active form of oxygen that destroys the tumor.
• SIRT therapy. This is a unique cancer treatment in Israel, which is mainly applied to liver cancer. The essence of the method is that through a catheter in the inguinal region, microscopic radioactive microspheres containing the yttrium-90 isotope are introduced into the vascular bed. These microspheres enter the liver tumor, which leads to its destruction.
• Targeted therapy. Innovative cancer treatments in Israel are increasingly being used. And one of these is targeted therapy - the use of drugs that block certain molecules of tumor cells, which leads to inhibition of tumor development and the growth of malignant cells. Among targeted drugs, drugs that suppress the activity of a number of hormones (with hormone-sensitive neoplasms), monoclonal antibodies, signaling pathways and growth factor blockers, as well as other groups of drugs, can be distinguished.
• Immunotherapy. Another innovative method of treating cancer pathologies is immunotherapy. Currently, methods have appeared that allow the patient’s immune system to fight a cancerous tumor. This is done both with the help of drugs and with the help of molecular genetic manipulations with the cells of the patient’s immune system, which are preliminarily taken from the blood, carry out certain manipulations with them in the laboratory, and then are injected into the bloodstream.
Prices for cancer treatment vary depending on a number of factors, including:
• variety of the disease and its stage;
• duration of treatment;
• selected treatment regimen;
• type of clinic (public or private hospital);
• other factors.
You can clarify the prices with our consultants - doctors on the website www.polymedex.org, who will kindly answer all your questions.
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