Wednesday 26 November 2014

Cancer Treatments - Growing Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism International refers to “Radiation Therapy” or “Radiotherapy” as a procedure whereby high-energy rays is used to stop cancer cells from growing and dividing.Cancer is one of the most devastating health issues an individual can face. Throughout treatment, it dramatically affects the patient’s life, sometimes to an extreme degree. Unfortunately, not only does cancer affect an individual's quality of living, it also can completely drain them of their finances. Those who can’t pay for cancer treatment must either go into heavy debt or forgo the treatment and risk losing their life. Neither paths are desirable.

Cancer treatment can be one of the most dramatic and life threatening diseases today with over 200 different types and many serious decisions for patients to make, especially when considering travelling abroad for treatment. There are a variety of treatment types available for cancer; most patients may want to consider looking for quality rather than cheaper treatments.            
           
The treatment of cancer is constantly changing and many scientists are involved in trying to find a cure for one of the deadliest diseases we are confronted with in modern times. The small country of Latvia is at the forefront of one of the latest treatments for many forms of cancer that is attracting patients from all over the world.It all began with Latvian scientist Aina Muceniece who began her career in 1945 at the A. Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology. After years of study the first laboratory for virotherapy as a treatment for cancer was established at the institute, which led to the development of the medicine Rigvir.

Health and medical tourism officials as well as health institutions are doing their best to promote medical tourism in the Philippines by way of drawing foreign patients to avail of Filipino medical expertise, Chinese hospitals are beating them through aggressive advertising right in our own home ground. This is especially so in the cancer department. But this is getting ahead of the story.The third week of January being national Cancer Consciousness Week and Feb. 4 being World Cancer Day, the Philippine Society of Medical Oncology (PSMO) recently held a press conference to brief the media on the national cancer situation and other related issues. PSMO’s campaign theme is “Fighting Cancer: Education, Prevention, Treatment.”

Within a day I tracked down Cecile Billiet, Belgian, member of the non-profit Health Tourism Commission in Guatemala, who runs her own medical tourism business (she) charged a reasonable fee for arranging everything, whisked me from the airport to a comfortable hotel, and next morning in a modern hospital. Dr Campbell’s nurse hooked up the intravenous line to administer Zometa the first of six monthly treatments I needed Waved off by smiling nurses, Dr Campbell gave me his number and told me to call any time.

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  1. Those who can’t pay for cancer treatment must either go into heavy debt or forgo the treatment and risk losing their life. Neither paths are desirable.blog.cancerhelpline.in

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