Colon cancer Treatment in Israel

• The hospital accepts about 1,600,000 patients each year.
• At Sourasky, a doctor may conduct a polyp removal during colonoscopy (examination of the colon) in case a tumor is small and localized on a polyp. It fits for early stages of colon cancer.
• Doctors use 3 main treatment options as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. They carry out minimally invasive operations as a laparoscopic one to remove colon tumors with minimal injury rate. Sourasky specialists conduct complete or partial colectomy for metastatic colon cancer.

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• The hospital is ranked 6th among best medical institutions in Israel.
• At Hadassah, doctors use combined chemotherapy and cytoreductive surgery to destroy colon cancer.
• HIPEC (heated up to 41-42°C chemo drugs) is used to target colon cancer not affecting healthy organs and tissues. This treatment provokes less side effects.
• Hadassah specialists apply minimally invasive techniques to remove a tumor with a minimum of injuries. It helps to improve patient’s quality of life and boost recovery.
• The hospital carries out clinical trials in the treatment of colon cancer to develop new methods for more advanced cancer stages.

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• Specialists use virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography), a safe non-invasive method of abdominal diagnostics. It provides 2D and 3D images of the colon to make more accurate diagnosis in case a patient requires a second opinion.
• Assuta doctors provide innovative targeted therapy to treat colon cancer. Monoclonal antibody type of targeted therapy is more effective for colon cancer than conventional chemo and has not so severe side effects.
• At Assuta, cryosurgery is used to destroy a colon cancer — doctors freeze a tumor with a metal probe inserted into the skin. Cold gasses go through it directly to a tumor, freeze it and destroy cancer cells.
• Doctors also apply ethanol injection — concentrated alcohol is put into the tumor with a needle and destroy cancer cells.

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• Rambam Hospital is ranked by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) as one of the best oncology centers.
• The hospital specializes in advanced, recurrent, and inoperable forms of colon cancer.
• Besides colonoscopy, specialists apply PillCam COLON technology. When a capsule with tiny camera (sized 12X13 mm) passes through digestive tract and records a video. Then a doctor observes digestive tract in real time with the help of computer.
• Specialists at Rambam provide targeted therapy that destroys cancer cells not damaging healthy ones, and immunotherapy to make patient’s immune system fighting with cancer.
• Doctors also apply HIPEC, heated chemotherapy delivered via surgery to treat colon cancer. In comparison with conventional chemotherapy, HIPEC drugs are directed to a tumor in the abdomen without affecting healthy areas.

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• Sheba Cancer Center accepts over 4,500 patients for treatment every year.
• The hospital cooperates with Anderson Medical Center, the 1st Best Hospital in America for cancer patients according to U.S. News & World Report.
• Specialists use innovative HIPEC method (hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy) to treat colon cancer. It’s heated chemo drugs delivered right to a tumor in the abdomen. It’s more concentrated but has fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy. Doctors apply HIPEC for hard-to-treat metastatic tumor.

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Kaplan Medical Center is branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which is located in Rehovot almost near Tel Aviv. This clinic is multidisciplinary medical complex. There are 23 departments. In addition, the center arrange the collection and storage of bone marrow cells for use in onco-hematology treatment. Bookimed provides for you opportunity of treatment without intermediaries in this medical center.