How much does it cost to treat osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma is very scary. It is very harmful to people. Many people suffer from it. Therefore, if you suffer from osteosarcoma, you must go to a regular hospital for treatment in time. However, many people do not know how much it costs to treat osteosarcoma. I have collected a lot of information. Now let's learn about how much it costs to treat osteosarcoma!

To understand how much it costs to treat osteosarcoma, you should first understand what tests are needed for osteosarcoma. Let's take a look at the following:

(1) Radioisotope bone scanning: Whole-body radionuclide bone scanning can identify the primary site of osteosarcoma and the site of bone and extraskeletal metastasis. The method is simple and has clear positioning, and is widely used in clinical diagnosis.

(2) Angiography: It can provide the boundary of osteosarcoma, the compression of blood vessels around osteosarcoma, and the blood supply of tumor tissue, providing a basis for preoperative interventional vascular embolization therapy.

(3) CT examination: Through three-dimensional reconstruction of images, the extent of osteosarcoma's intramedullary and soft tissue invasion can be determined. CT can also help to clarify the diagnosis of "jump metastasis" of osteosarcoma. Good quality CT images can help doctors design treatment plans before surgery, especially in the design of limb-salvage surgery plans.

(4) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): Complementary to CT examination, MRI can provide clearer images of the extent of osteosarcoma invasion in the medullary tissue and surrounding soft tissues.

(5) Pathological examination: It is of great significance for the classification and clinical diagnosis of osteosarcoma.

Gross examination: Osteosarcoma tissue is hard and gritty, with a pink and grayish-white cross-section that resembles rotten fish meat. Osteogenic osteosarcoma is yellowish-white and hard; chondrogenic osteosarcoma is grayish-blue, shiny, tough and hard; fibrogenic osteosarcoma is dark red or grayish-yellow and soft. Osteosarcoma tissue with heavy bleeding is purple-red; there are necrotic areas in the middle that appear cystic.

These tests are all the tests for osteosarcoma. The total cost of these tests in a regular hospital is between 500 and 1,000 yuan. However, not every patient needs to do all the tests. The doctor will prescribe one or two tests based on the patient's condition. Therefore, the cost of osteosarcoma treatment should be consulted with a doctor after the diagnosis.