How much does chemotherapy cost for advanced brain cancer

Different methods are used to treat various brain tumors, and the cost of treatment varies greatly. There have been great advances in the diagnosis and treatment of intracranial tumors. The cost of treatment has increased several times or even dozens of times compared to earlier years. Most patients will undergo multiple surgeries and multiple relapses.

Generally, a brain tumor surgery costs 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, a gamma knife treatment costs more than 20,000 yuan, a new chemotherapy drug costs about 10,000 yuan for a cycle of one month, domestically produced ones cost about 10,000 yuan, and imported ones cost tens of thousands of yuan. A proton knife treatment course costs about 150,000 yuan, and ordinary radiotherapy costs about 10,000 yuan. Generally, brain tumor patients spend at least 50,000 to 60,000 yuan for surgery and radiotherapy, and most patients spend about 100,000 yuan, and some spend more than 200,000 yuan. It is not uncommon for patients who have repeated surgeries and repeated gamma knife treatments to spend 300,000 to 500,000 yuan, but in terms of actual efficacy, there has been little progress.

The average survival time of intracranial malignant tumor surgery plus radiotherapy and chemotherapy is no more than one year. Various treatment methods for malignant and benign tumors that cannot be completely removed have been used, but they cannot prevent recurrence. Most patients believe that Chinese medicine is ineffective in treating brain tumors and preventing postoperative recurrence of brain tumors. They only seek Chinese medicine treatment when Western medicine cannot perform surgery or fails to treat them. However, it is difficult to find Chinese medicine that is indeed effective. The symptoms caused by brain tumors can be seen from the symptoms in about 20 days. Twenty days of medication costs more than 1,000 yuan. If the medication is effective, you can continue to use it to shrink or eliminate the tumor. If the medication is not effective, you can stop the treatment. The cost of a course of treatment is about 3,000 to 5,000 yuan when the medication is used continuously, and Chinese medicine generally has no side effects.