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Lung cancer surgery in India

Lung cancer surgery in India is available in cancer surgery centers in most prominent cities of India and is provided at very less cost. The lung cancer surgery association in India has been suggesting measures to the Indian surgeons to adopt means to provide good quality and cost effective cancer surgeries in India and contribute to international healthcare. With the availability of internationally accredited hospitals, certified cancer surgeons, along with low cost of cancer treatment, India becomes best choice for lung cancer surgery. Cancer surgery hospitals in India are at Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai. Many patients are getting attracted to India for their treatment of lung cancer because of availability of low cost treatment and with very good outcomes. The treatment facilities provided by these surgery hospitals are best and are being provided to patients from expert surgeons. Click the link to see these facilities provided here: Treatment Facilities. From this link you will get details of facilities provided in India for lung cancer surgery in India.

Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs. The vast majority of primary lung cancers are carcinomas of the lung, derived from epithelial cells. Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in men and the second most common in women. Deaths due to lung cancer are more than those due to colorectal, breast and prostate cancers put together. Incidence and mortality from lung cancer in females is rising while it is declining in males in developed countries. Early lung cancer often does not cause any symptoms. But as the cancer grows, common symptoms starts appearing and it is required that cancer should be treated as early as possible to avoid further danger. The symptoms include a cough that gets worse or does not go away, breathing trouble, such as shortness of breath, constant chest pain, coughing up blood, a hoarse voice, frequent lung infections, such as pneumonia, feeling very tired all the time, weight loss with no known cause. The choice of treatment depends mainly on the type of lung cancer and its stage. People with lung cancer may have surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, or a combination of treatments. The most common way of treatment of lung cancer is Radiation Therapy. Radiation therapy is also called as radiotherapy. It is the most advanced achievement of cancer surgeons of world. There are many other ways of treatment of lung cancer but the radiation therapy is mostly used because of the reason that the success rate of radiation therapy is high as compared to other ways of treatment of lung cancer. Also, according to the condition of patient, stage of cancer and the result of tests the suitable treatment can be decided. A treatment of lung cancer surgery is very complex and it requires an expert in the field of cancer surgeries for the treatment so that there should not be any complications.

There are some risks involved with the surgery but with the use of different advanced techniques, these risks can be avoided. Indian cancer surgery centers provide tretment to patients from most expert cancer surgeons also the treatment facilities used by them are most advanced thus the success rate of lung cancer surgery in India is very good for past couple of years. The cost of lung cancer surgery provided in these cancer surgery hospitals of India is very less compared to that of the cost of same in other developed countries. This low cost of surgical treatment doesn’t affects the quality standard of treatment as the low cost of Indian rupee in international currency market is the main reason for its low cost. You can see the cost difference between India and other developed countries for different treatment procedures here: Cost Comparison.

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