How much does it cost to treat esophageal cancer

As we all know, the treatment of malignant tumors is very difficult. The same is true for esophageal cancer. Although timely treatment in the early stage can have a good effect, if it reaches the late stage of esophageal cancer, the treatment effect will not be very obvious. What are the treatments for esophageal cancer, and how much does it cost to treat esophageal cancer?

1. Surgical treatment The treatment of esophageal cancer is mainly surgical resection. In my country, the surgical resection rate of esophageal cancer exceeds 80%. Early esophageal cancer can be cured by surgical resection. The 5-year survival rate of esophageal cancer patients is about 30%.
2. Radiotherapy Radiotherapy is mainly used for patients with esophageal cancer who cannot receive surgical treatment, such as the elderly, upper esophageal cancer, middle and lower esophageal cancer with local invasion, etc. Cobalt-60 radiotherapy is often used, with an irradiation dose of 30 to 40 Gy. In addition, preoperative radiotherapy can be performed for tumors with larger lesions to shrink the cancer mass, which is beneficial to reduce intraoperative bleeding and improve the resection rate.
3. Chemotherapy The current status of chemotherapy for esophageal cancer is not satisfactory. It is mostly used as an auxiliary treatment method for esophageal cancer in clinical practice. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs include cisplatin, bleomycin, 5-fluorouracil, vincristine, mitomycin, etc. Chemotherapy alone has poor effect, so two or three drugs are often used in combination for chemotherapy.
Different treatments have different prices. As long as it is a regular hospital, the price will definitely be the most regular one.