In the modern world, many oncological diseases can be successfully treated with a timely diagnosis. The best cancer clinics in the world are presented in the ranking based on data from Hospital Booking, a site dedicated to finding and selecting medical specialists and hospitals for the treatment of cancer.
When compiling the top 10, criteria such as the range of clinic services, the number of specialists, the scientific and technical base, the convenience of payment and the level of accommodation and, of course, patient reviews were taken into account.
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10. Fuda Cancer Clinic (China)
The list of the world's leading cancer institutions opens up a direction that is more relevant for Russians living in the Far East - China. Fuda Medical Center was established at Jinan Medical University and maintains close ties with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A distinctive feature of the clinic is unusual methods of cancer treatment, including cryosurgical ablation, microvascular interventional therapy and combined immunotherapy. Unlike traditional chemotherapy, these methods have fewer side effects and quicker results.
9. Oncological Center. N. Blokhina (Russia)
The huge Russian medical center, covering an area of more than 40 hectares, has not only clinical institutes on its territory, but also its own plant for the manufacture of drugs. It employs more than three and a half thousand specialists.
The center's innovation is unique, the world's first trachea and bronchial transplantation operations, and the donor bioimplant, rather than an artificial one, was used as a transplant material. And an important advantage of treatment in this medical institution is that patients with malignant tumors or those who suspect their presence are examined and treated completely free of charge.
Minus - Russian medicine with all its inherent culture of service and complete opacity for the patient.
8. Clinic Sant Joan de Deu (Barcelona)
The Children's Hospital in Barcelona accepts patients from infancy to adulthood. Sant Joan de Deu is considered one of the most reputable medical institutions in Europe in the field of pediatric oncology. The center specializes in the treatment of all types of cancer and accepts even seriously ill children whose treatment has been refused in other clinics.
In addition to the doctors themselves, psychologists, animators, educators are engaged in small patients. It is important that parents are not only allowed, but also directly encouraged to constantly be with the child during almost all medical procedures.
7. Vienna Hospital (AKN) (Austria)
The Vienna Central Hospital is an institution with a long history. It was founded by Emperor Leopold back in 1697.But do not think that the sick are accommodated in medieval premises. At the end of the last century, a new complex of buildings was built, and for the convenience of visitors there is a whole own metro station.
One of the hospital's core areas is cancer. Both diagnosis and treatment are carried out using the latest scientific developments. For example, the vast majority of operations are performed by minimally invasive laparoscopic method, radiation therapy, stereotaxic and even robotic surgery are used.
6. Gil Cancer Center at Gachon University (South Korea)
Gil is the most important cancer center in South Korea. The latest development is the Watson system, which allows reaching 96% in the diagnosis of cancer. Another advantage of the center is the technology of point irradiation of the tumor, taking into account the characteristics of the organism of a particular patient.
For foreign patients, consultants-translators (including Russian-speaking ones) and free meals with European or Korean cuisine to choose from are provided.
5. Medical center "Sheba" (Israel)
Currently, Sheba is the only European and Middle Eastern medical center with which MD Anderson Cancer Center has begun to cooperate. MD Anderson is the University of Texas Medical Center, which has been ranked # 1 in the United States for cancer care since 2005.
One of the features of the Sheba Center is a comprehensive therapy model called 360o Oncology Care, which, in addition to the most advanced methods of treatment, pays special attention to the mental needs of patients. In addition to examinations and the actual therapy, a program of psychological and emotional rehabilitation is offered and, of course, 100% transparency and clarity of the prescribed procedures and their cost for the patient.
4. Clinic of the University of Munich (Germany)
The Grosshadern Clinic, also known as the University of Munich Clinic, is a huge medical complex, in which, in addition to scientific institutions, there are more than twenty departments specializing in various fields of medicine.
Oncology is one of the leading areas of Grosshadern. Especially worth noting is the transplant center, which is justly renowned as one of the best in Europe. The doctors of the clinic have accumulated vast experience in the treatment of cancer patients using radiosurgery. On the territory of the university is the European Cyber Knife Center, which specializes in advanced radiosurgical interventions.
3. Mayo Clinic (USA)
In third place in the list of the best Russian and foreign oncological clinics in the world is one of the largest scientific and medical centers in the world, founded in 1889. Since then, the clinic has turned from a small private hospital into a giant center that consistently ranks in the top 20 best medical institutions in the United States (and in 2014-2015 took first place in the country).
A special feature of the center is the generous funding of its own scientific and medical research. Mayo's doctors have the latest cancer diagnostics, specialize in challenging cases, and use the most advanced treatments such as proton and ion therapy.
The clinic's specialists have accumulated many years of experience in the treatment of kidney cancer, head and neck tumors, brain tumors, sarcoma, melanoma, and various types of gynecological cancers.
2. Assuta (Israel)
Assuta clinic is one of the best in Israel, it has come a long way from a small private hospital in the 30s of the last century to a huge medical center both in terms of area and types of treatment.
Patients are attracted by both the most modern equipment and the quality of medical services.Here you can get advice, undergo an examination (scanning, screening and invasive diagnostics) and, if necessary, get all the currently available options for treating cancer, from surgical methods to the use of stem cells.
But first of all, the Assuta Oncology Institute is famous for its specialists - the leading luminaries of Israeli oncology practice there.
It should be added that for foreigners there is a medical support service, including the presence of an interpreter.
1. Top Ichilov (Sourasky), Israel
Today this Israeli clinic is one of the leaders in the treatment of oncology in the country and in the world. Almost all patients seeking treatment recover - up to 98% of patients either become healthy, or they begin a stable remission.
The scientific and technical base of the medical center is very good and allows using the latest technologies in treatment. For example, it was the doctors of the Ichilov clinic who were the first in the world to use a non-surgical method of treating skin cancer. And compared to European clinics, a stay in an Israeli one will cost a little less - payment is made after the fact, which helps to reduce costs somewhat.