Brachytherapy for prostate cancer in Israel: Prices, Clinics and Doctor Reviews

• 83% of women with urogenital tumors after treatment at Hadassah preserve urinating function and ability to have children.
• 85% of patients, who were prescribed to remove an affected organ in other hospitals, preserve it during treatment at Hadassah.
• In 34% of patients, who appealed to the hospital, were wrong diagnosed at other medical centers.
• 40,500 patients are treated in Hadassah Oncology Department.

Brachytherapy for prostate cancer is carried out in the Urology Department.

A patient is under local or general anesthesia during the therapy. A specialist inserts the urine catheter and the special probe to send the images on the screen and control operation. Then the needles (their quantity varies depending on the prostate size) are placed in the prostate gland. Through the needles radioactive seeds are delivered to the prostate.

The duration of operation is 1.5 hours. A patient is hospitalized for 24 hours. If there are no complications, a doctor removes the catheter, and a man leaves the Hospital.

The cost of brachytherapy is calculated individually in each particular case.

• Over 90% of patients with prostate cancer recover after brachytherapy at Assuta.
• In 90% of men preserve an erection after internal radiotherapy according to the hospital data.
• Assuta was the 1st in Israel that received JCI (Joint Commission International) certificate. It confirms a hospital's compliance with international treatment standards.
• The medical center is considered the most advanced facility in the Middle East.

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Brachytherapy for prostate cancer is carried out under local or general anesthesia. A doctor installs the needles in the prostate to put in the radioactive sources - seeds. The procedure is controlled by the visualized diagnostic units. It takes about 1.5 hours.

After the operation, a patient is hospitalized for 1 day. Then a doctor examines a patient and removes the catheter. A patient returns home.

Emsey Hospital is one of Turkey’s multi-specialty private medical center, provides health services in the A+ Class level hospital. The hospital has ISO and JCI accreditations as a reliable medical center. As a general hospital, the facility provides treatments in general medicine, surgical medicine and internal medicine. Emsey Hospital provides healthcare services to patients from all around the world since 2012. The hospital has Advanced Spine Surgery Center performing congenital and complicated orthopedic treatments from scoliosis to spine fusion surgeries. The Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit is one of the largest BMT unit in Turkey with 45 beds. 

Specialists at Teknon provide brachy treatment for prostate cancer.

Brachytherapy for prostate cancer is performed under general or local anesthesia. A physician implants the catheter to remove the urine. The special probe is put inside the rectum to visualize and control the process.

Then 15-30 needles are placed into the prostate. Radioactive seeds inserted inside the prostate go through them. The high dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer takes 1.5 hours. When the operation is over, a patient is hospitalized. If there are no complications, a doctor removes the catheter and gives the recommendations. A man is discharged from the Hospital.

The cost of brachytherapy is determined for each patient individually.