Osteosarcoma treatment in Tel Aviv: Best Hospitals and Costs 2024

• One of the best osteosarcoma doctors in Israel. Prof. Ofer Merimsky, a specialist in the treatment of all sarcoma types (including osteosarcoma), heads Sourasky Oncology Unit.
• The limb preservation in case of osteogenic sarcoma is up to 90%.
• New osteosarcoma treatments. Sourasky doctors apply cryosurgery (destruction of a tumor with an extreme cold) before surgical intervention to improve treatment efficiency and avoid amputation of an affected limb.
• Specialized pediatric department to treat cancer. Dana Dwek Children's Hospital works on the Sourasky premises. It serves children with sarcoma.

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Methods of osteosarcoma treatment in Assuta

• sparing surgical removal of the focus and metastasis. Assuta doctors do their best to preserve healthy tissues and avoid disability of the patient;
• total joint replacement or shaft of a bone with expressed defects;
• amputation of the extremity if total affection by the disease;
• removal of metastases in other organs (typical places of the lungs, liver);
• chemotherapy, including targeted administration of drugs (targeted chemotherapy);
• radiotherapy – the cells of the tumor body are suppressed with directional radiation;
• immunotherapy – to stimulate the growth of bone cells and prevention of appearance of distant metastasis.

The effectiveness of the treatment of osteosarcoma in Assuta Medical Center

• 90% of curability when referring to the 1st stage of the process;
• 75% of curability and 85% five-year survival at 2 and stage;
• The survival rate is more than 40% in patients at stage 3-4 of osteosarcoma.