Brain Cancer treatment in Tel Aviv: Best Hospitals and Costs 2024

• Sourasky Neurosurgery Department has been serving patients since 1964. Prof. Zvi Ram heads the Department. The doctor has conducted over 2,000 surgeries on the brain and spinal cord. To receive a consultation with dr. Zvi Ram, specify it in your request.
• The Department is one among the most advanced in Israel for neurosurgical pathologies treatment, including brain cancer.
• 2,500 neurosurgical interventions for children and adults with 98% average success rate.
• 80% of Israeli patients choose Sourasky for neurosurgical treatment. This means, neurosurgeons have vast experience in therapy. These facts make Sourasky one of the best brain cancer treatment centers.
• Sourasky Medical Center is ranked among Top 10 most popular hospitals in the world for medical tourists according to the Newsweek magazine. About 400,000 international patients choose Sourasky for treatment annually.

What are the treatment techniques in Assuta?

Depending on the type of brain tumor and its stage, the following techniques of treatment can be selected:

• The surgery, which is carried out by means of craniotomy, i.e. the process of opening the skull for the full or partial removal of the tumor.
• Bypass, i.e. the introduction of the tube to the head for redirection of the brain fluid, that is accumulated in the brain, to other areas of the body.
• Stereotactic radiosurgery that begins with the definition of the tumor's location by MRI and the following exposure of the pathological focus.
• Concentrated high intensity radiation is directed at the tumor from different angles. It is realized by means of the Cyber-Knife System, Gamma-Knife System, a linear accelerator.
• Radiation therapy can be appointed after surgery to destroy any remaining cancer cells. It affects only the abnormal cells.
• Chemotherapy is used as an independent or an additional method of therapy.

The Ramat Aviv Medical Center is one of the largest and leading private medical centers of Israel, specializing in the field of medical diagnostics, multidisciplinary surgery, cosmetology.The hospital uses all the innovative technologies in the field of surgery, cosmetology and radioisotope research.