Chemotherapy With the development of medical science and technology, new drugs and new therapies are constantly coming out, extending two popular treatment methods in recent years: targeted drug therapy and immune cell therapy.

Chen Zhonghua, a consultant physician in the Cancer Center of Enzhu Hospital, pointed out that "targeted drug therapy" refers to finding out the driving factors of cancer through gene detection and decoding, creating personalized cancer treatment programs, looking for symptomatic targeted drugs, and even further understanding whether the prognosis and treatment of tumors are effective, thus providing patients with more treatment options.

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The future cancer treatment will develop immune cell therapy.

"Immune cell therapy" is a new medical technology in recent years, which refers to taking out the immune cells of patients, culturing, inducing, activating and expanding them, and then returning them to patients to fight cancer cells, prolong their survival time and achieve so-called precision medical treatment.

In view of the continuous progress of medical technology, the hospital is actively preparing to develop immune cell therapy and trained many doctors, including Dr. Zhang Genhu from the Department of Hematology and Oncology. Director Wang Jiongcheng and Dr. Gao Minghong of Urology Department; Dr. Xu and Dr. Zhang, director of colorectal surgery; Wu Changjin, Minister of Surgery; Huang Xinghua, Director of Surgery; Luo Zhixian, Director of General Surgery; Li Zhongxian, Director of Plastic Surgery; Wang Wenzhi, Doctor of Orthopaedics, etc. , have completed the "Training Course of Practical Cell Therapy Technology" and are expected to help more cancer patients with the support of professional medical teams.

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Discuss with the doctor before the test to find out the most suitable treatment.

Of course, the more testing items, the more detailed information can be obtained, and the wider and more diverse the scope of drug use. However, the relative test cost will also increase. Generally speaking, at your own expense, about 4? About 1.5 million, mainly depending on the gene type to be examined. The more kinds of tests, the higher the price. Patients can discuss and evaluate with doctors and choose the most appropriate treatment.

In addition, "targeted drug therapy" According to the revised drug payment regulations of the Central Health Insurance Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, eight kinds of cancers can be included in the health insurance payment plan according to different stages, and patients can apply according to the eligible health insurance payment conditions to reduce the economic pressure of treatment.

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