Medical tourism has long become a well-developed field, with hundreds of thousands of patients choosing treatment abroad every year. Medical tourists are usually patients of different age groups, who do not have the opportunity (or desire) to receive the relevant therapy in their native country, and treatment abroad is the best choice for them.
What patients are going abroad for?
Medical tourism is traveling abroad for medical care. According to international studies, patients choose treatment abroad for specific reasons like advanced high-tech procedures performed by qualified physicians, attentive and humane attitude, immediate medical care without a long wait list, or saving money.
Medical tourism in Germany is one of the leaders on the global scale. Germany ranks second in Europe after Switzerland in terms of funding for the medical industry. Funds are used for the improvement of technical equipment of the hospitals and carrying out research in cancer treatment and other medical spheres.
There are also reasons why people go to Germany specifically, such as qualification of physicians, quality of medical services and equipment, and advanced treatment techniques. Examination and treatment in German hospitals follow international protocols. Hospitals use only brand medications produced specifically for European Union countries.
University hospitals have research centers, therefore medical novelties are quickly integrated into treatment programs. For example, robotic surgeries are used to remove malignant tumors without damaging the surrounding tissue, and nuclear therapy is used to treat brain neoplasms.
Innovative treatment techniques
Oncology is a rapidly developing branch of medicine. Approaches to the treatment of malignant neoplasms have undergone great changes in the last ten years. Modern chemotherapies with minimal side effects, targeted therapy, and various other drugs have appeared. Radiation therapy for oncology has become more targeted, and surgical treatment is now minimally invasive and less traumatic.
Cancer treatment with Lutetium-177 is a promising option of radionuclide therapy, as the drug is delivered directly to the affected tissue, creating a high concentration in it. Lutetium-177 has optimal characteristics that allow destroying localized malignant tumors and is especially suitable for patients with metastatic cancer. Treatment with Lutetium doesn’t harm healthy tissues.
Lutetium PSMA therapy is a treatment technique that has shown good results in patients with resistant prostate cancer. Clinical studies conducted in different countries confirm that Lutetium-177 therapy is effective, well-tolerated, and has a good safety profile.
In European countries, therapy with Lutetium-177 requires short-term hospitalization. During the hospitalization period (3-4 days) the patient undergoes the necessary examinations, including PET-CT scan, PSMA study, and general clinical studies, receives a course of therapy, and remains under observation for 1-2 days.
The price of Lutetium therapy for prostate cancer treatment starts at 8,378 EUR. To compare the price of Lutetium-177 therapy in different healthcare facilities, visit the Booking Health website.
Is medical tourism working during the lockdown?
It is better to start with a consultation, as a medical tourism specialist will help you understand where patients can get the treatment they need. Such consultations are provided by Booking Health.
Booking Health provides patients with a full range of services, namely preparation of all the documents required for the trip (air tickets, visa, insurance, contracts, etc.), arranges the accommodation, and provides an interpreter for the entire trip.
Booking Health has been rated as the best medical tourism company, it has the international quality control certificate ISO 9001:2015 in the relevant field. The company takes upon all the issues associated with the organization of your trip, including receiving visa and entrance permission during a lockdown. If you’d like to know more about medical tourism in Germany, feel free to visit the Booking Health website.
