Cancer Treatment in Belarus
Worldwide cancer statistics is increasing each year. 30% of the world's population needs malignant tumors treatment, but as you know, the treatment of cancer is very expensive in the USA and Europe, and 80% of patients cannot afford it.
4 Easy Steps to Organize Cancer Treatment
- Contact our english speaking medical coordinators via consultation form (or viber, skype, phone)
- Get your individual treatment plan with total price and duration
- Discuss your travel options with our coordinators
- We will manage visa qustions, hotel, meeting at the airport and transfer, follow you up during treatment procedures.
Cancer Treatment Methods in Minsk
Belarusian specialistshave all the necessary skills and rich experience in the diagnosis and treatment of oncological diseases:
- using modern chemotherapy drugs;
- radiotherapy;
- proton therapy;
- minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery (organ-saving surgery);
- cryosurgery;
- electrical and laserotherapy;
- complex and localized treatment methods.
Foreign Patients Treatment
More than 18,000 cancer patients in Belarus receive accurate diagnosis and competent treatment in oncology clinics of Minskduring the year. More than 1 000 patients are coming for treatment from abroad. Geographical range is very wide: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine, Serbia, Sudan and Saudi Arabia etc.
Diagnosis and Treatment at Different Stages
More than 60% of tumors in Belarus are diagnosed at stages 1-2 and are treatable. The most common types are prostate cancer, esophagus cancer, colon cancer and skin cancer. Then follows kidneys cancer, uterine cancer, etc. In the chart below, you can trace the number of detected malignant tumors at various stages. Statistics indicating the growth of new cancer cases in the period from 2003 to 2012 is also below.
World Cancer Survival Statistics
Stage 1 - a five-year survival rate is about 93%. Stage 2 - a five-year survival rate is about 75%. Stage 3 - a five-year survival rate is about 55%. Stage 4- five-year survival rate is about 13%. A 5-year period after treatment is considered as survival.
Prices for Cancer Treatment in Belarus
The average cost of cancer treatment in such countries as Germany and Israel will vary approximately $ 30.000-65.000, while in Belarus the price of comprehensive programs for various cancers diagnosis and treatment will be around $ 5,000-15,000 in average. Of course, the final cost will depend on many variables, such as - the patient's age, disease stage, metastasis extent, need for additional tests, need for additional teams of specialists if the patient has such diseases as cardiac or pulmonary, and other factors.
The Process of Treatment
We are ready to give you remote consultation, if you provide necessary medical documents in English. We can do it as quickly as possible - within 1-2 days, because understand the seriousness of your situation. Here is the basic requirement: You should sent all available medical documentation - preferably the most recent data (expert's conclusions, surveys, analyzes, histology results, MRI data, etc..) to our email: info@medtravelbelarus.com . Instructions for transferring MRI data from disk can be asked from our manager.
