World-class cancer hospitals, most advanced technology, experienced and highly skilled cancer specialists, affordable cancer treatment, excellent patient care, easy flight connectivity, no language barrier and no waiting time make India a preferred destination for Cancer Treatment attracting patients from various countries around the world.
The cancer hospitals in India have latest technology, highly skilled and experienced doctors and provide excellent patient care. Moreover they provide cancer treatment at most affordable cost without any waiting time. The hospitals are accredited or certified by national and international organizations ISO, NABH and JCI etc. This speaks of the quality of medical care they provide.
You will find the most advanced technology in these hospitals which are available in the world today. Be it Cyberknife for radiation therapy or most advanced PET CT Scan for diagnosis of cancer. The advanced technology help patients to have a better diagnosis of cancer and treatment of cancer with precison, lesser pain, shorter hospital stay and lower cost.
The cancer specialists in at these hospitals have spent most of their early days in the most advanced cancer centers in various part of the world understanding lifesaving treatment protocols and the latest techniques in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The cancer specialists in India specialize in organ preserving surgeries. They not only do organ preserving surgeries, but also do worse cases where the organs have to be removed and perform reconstructive surgeries.
The cancer hospitals in India have well trained staff to care of cancer patients. The infrastructure of the hospital has been designed in such a way that it provides the best possible comfort to the cancer patients and their attendants.
Some of the most common types of cancer treated at Indian hospitals
Breast Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Brain Tumor Surgery
Lung Cancer
Colon Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Blood Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Liver Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Cancer treatment in India is the best
One of the topmost cancer surgeons in the world today, Dr R Bidwe, the Director of the Tata Memorial Research Centre asserts, “We offer the same treatment as any other part of the world. Everything that can be done in the best cancer centers across the globe can be done here.”
Dr Ashish Bakshi, senior consultant medical oncologist with the L H Hiranandani Hospital reiterates that cancer treatment in our country is equivalent and in some cases even better than anywhere else abroad.
Devika Bhojwani, Vice President of the Women’s Cancer Initiative says, “It is a myth that we get better cancer treatment abroad. When it comes to treating cancer, we are one of the best in the world today. We have the finest surgeons here and right from the hospitals, to the treatment and surgery techniques, equipments used, and post-treatment care as well as cost, we are among the finest.”
Director Anurag Basu, who had been diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2004 was given a two-month ultimatum. He battled cancer here in our country and says that it is not that India is less any way when it comes to cancer treatment. The ace director states, “As a cancer survivor, I have
attended many conferences and seminars abroad and have always heard foreign doctors speak very highly of the kind of work being done in India when it comes to cancer. I have always heard them talk very highly of Indian doctors.”
The cost of cancer treatment and cancer medicines in India is amongst the world’s lowest, about 80% cheaper than the cost in the USA. Cost of cancer surgery at heart hospitals in India is also significantly cheaper than cost of cancer surgery in comparable hospitals in other popular medical tourism destinations. The low cost of cancer treatment in India is without any compromise on technology, quality, level of service or success rate.