Treatment of kidney cancer in Israel

Kidney cancer (or renal cell carcinoma) is quite common cancer. This type of cancer is diagnosed in 3% of all cancers.

Kidney cancer, unlike many other types of aggressive malignancies tends to slow development. Therefore, timely treatment for quality health care allows you to fully recover from this disease.

Choosing the treatment of kidney cancer in Israel with the center Isramedic, you can be sure that you will get the highly skilled assistance of the best Israeli specialists - oncologists, radiologists, surgeons. After all, we work with leading doctors of Israel, who are the heads of departments and divisions in the largest central hospitals in Israel.

In particular, we are ready to offer you treatment by such doctors:

Surgeons onco-urologists:

• Professor Dan Leibowitz - a senior urologist and head of the oncology department of urology in leading Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital. He is a senior lecturer at the Department of Surgery at the University of Tel Aviv. Author and co-author of over 80 publications.
• Professor Amnon Zisman - the highest category surgeon, urologist-oncologist. Head of the department of urology at Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Author of over 100 scientific papers.
• Dr. Andrew Nado - Surgeon, head of laparoscopic urology at Rabin Medical Center. He teaches at the University of Tel Aviv.

Oncologists therapists:

• Dr. E. Tepper - senior oncologist at the Department of Oncology at Assuta Hospital.
• Professor Avishai Sela - Director of the Institute of Oncology at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center. Head of the Department of Oncology at the Medical Institute in Tel Aviv.

Diagnosis in the treatment of kidney cancer in Israel

With timely treatment to health care probability of complete cure is achieved in 93% of cases.

Turning to the center Isramedic, you will be screened throughout the 4 days. This is possible thanks to the fact that we cooperate with several leading clinics in Israel, such as Assuta, Ichilov, Sheba, Asaf Harofeh, Rabin Medical Center, so you can arrange for inspection on the basis of several medical centers. This will significantly speed up the process of passing all the necessary diagnostic procedures for the preparation of effective individualized treatment plan.

The program of diagnosis of kidney cancer may include procedures such as:

• Consultation of the uro-oncologist;
• Extensive laboratory analyzes of blood (the general, biochemistry, lipids, coagulation, tumor markers, electrolytes) and urine (biochemistry, general, culture);
• Renal ultrasound and Doppler study of the abdominal vessels;
• Tumor biopsy followed by histological analysis;
• Computer tomography of the whole body;
• Magnetic resonance imaging;
• Angiography - visualization of blood vessels;
• CT urography (urinary tract imaging);
• Radioisotope study kidney (if necessary).

The cost of the entire diagnostic program is about 3,000-5,000 dollars.

If the patient has four stage of kidney cancer and needs to appoint a palliative treatment, you might consider a survey where our doctors rely on the results of studies (CT, MRI, scintigraphy), made at place of residence. Diagnosis in this case includes an oncologist consultation, blood tests and review of pathology. The cost of such a program is 1 500.

Methods of treatment of kidney cancer in Israel, depending on the stage

First, second stage

In the early stages of the disease the most effective treatment for kidney cancer is surgery. May be conducted such operations:

• Radical nephrectomy - partial nephrectomy with fat cells and the surrounding lymph nodes. When tumor is large, is also performed removal of the adrenal gland.

Nephrectomy, depending on the tumor may be abdominal,  laparoscopic and robotic.

• Abdominal surgery. With this technique an incision made in the abdominal cavity, can reach 30-40 cm in abdominal surgery is rarely done because preference is given to less invasive methods that do not require large incisions.;
• Laparoscopic surgery  involves the use of a laparoscope apparatus. Only a few small incisions are performed;
• Robotic Nephrectomy is performed using the Da Vinci system and is the least invasive surgical treatment.
• Partial nephrectomy - actual excision of the tumor itself with a small amount of healthy tissue. It can also be carried out through the methods above. Kidney resection is performed, if the malignancy is smaller than 7 cm, or the patient has only one kidney. Also organ resection may be recommended in renal failure, nephrosclerosis, stone disease, diabetes.

3 stage

In the third stage also the main kidney cancer treatment method is surgery, but before the operation is performed in many cases the renal artery embolization.

Embolization of renal artery is carried out in order to protect the tumor from the blood supply and thus cause necrosis. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia.

It is fed to the region where the aorta leaves the kidney artery. At the same time through a special substance occluded lumen of the renal artery. Then, after embolization is performed surgery.

Furthermore, in the third stage radiation therapy may be administered in some cases.

4 stage

Even in advanced stages of treatment of malignant tumors in Israel is a chance of success. The following treatment protocols may be recommended in late-stage kidney cancer:

• Immunotherapy;
• Embolization of arteries;
• Comprehensive treatment with biotherapy + chemotherapy;
• Radiosurgery, in the case of metastases, particularly metastases in the brain;
• Radiation therapy as palliative treatment of kidney cancer in Israel.

How much does kidney cancer treatment in Israel cost?

The cost of treatment of kidney cancer in Israel varies depending on the stage of the disease, selected clinics, physician, and the patient's personal characteristics (age, general health, the presence of comorbidities that complicate the process of treatment, the patient's personal preferences).