The reason why the United States chemotherapy, mainly because the United States can choose more therapies, Chinese patients to overseas medical treatment, the most satisfied is to be able to have in-depth communication with the experts to fully express their own aspirations, while the domestic doctors are not enough, can only be assembly line operation, often take care of the disease but can not care about the person.
Domestic anti-cancer drugs are too slow to be updated. Take lung cancer as an example, the country is still using the first generation of targeted drugs, but the U.S. has already seen the emergence of the third generation, and even the fourth generation is already in clinical trials. Mr. Zheng, a private enterprise owner in Chaoyang District, Beijing, has suffered a lot for the diagnosis of tumor. During a physical examination in June last year, Mr. Zheng discovered bilateral lymphatic swelling in his neck. When he was rechecked at a tertiary care hospital in Beijing, the doctor felt that the enlarged lymph nodes might be related to a nodule in the palate of his mouth. Although this nodule had been with Mr. Zheng for 30 years, the doctor suggested that it would be best to remove the maxillary nodule to prevent cancer. Mr. Zheng followed the doctor's advice, and after the nodule was removed, the pathology suggested that a vitelliform fibroma (benign) was likely.
Mr. Zheng was relieved, but half a month later, a biopsy of the cervical lymph nodes revealed metastatic cancer, while the primary site could not be identified. The first time I saw this, I had to run from hospital to hospital, from doctor to doctor, from different departments to different diagnostic results, and I really didn't know who to listen to. He sent the pathology slides of the lump to four major hospitals in Beijing for pathology analysis and examined them over and over again, but he just couldn't find the primary focus.
The condition does not wait. Doctors can only follow the primary foci of unknown adenocarcinoma to develop a treatment plan, Mr. Zheng received surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Only four months after the treatment ended, he began to experience pain in his sternum, and scans revealed multiple bone metastases in his sternum and ribs. He was determined to go to the United States to find the cause of the disease, he said, "At that time, I was just not convinced, even if I died, I had to know where the primary focus was."
Three days before Mr. Zheng's departure, the results of a pathology consultation at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences came out: metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lymph nodes, combined with immunohistochemistry and clinical conditions suggesting ductal carcinoma of the salivary gland. This result was similar to the later diagnosis made by the American hospital. The U.S. pathologist found the root in a section of the palate node that Mr. Zheng brought to the hospital, and concluded that the diagnosis was: malignant mixed salivary gland tumor with bone metastasis.
After finishing his last cycle of chemotherapy in the U.S. on Nov. 15 this year, Mr. Zheng began receiving targeted drug therapy. He said the first time he had an imaging scan in the United States, the strong light spots on the film made his scalp numb, and the number of bone metastases scared him. But after two chemotherapy treatments and a follow-up CT scan, which showed the spots were greatly reduced and smaller, Mr. Zheng smiled for the first time in more than a year of panic.
Chinese patients who go overseas for medical treatment are most satisfied with the ability to have in-depth communication with specialists and fully express their demands, whereas domestic doctors are under-represented and can only work in an assembly line, which often takes care of the disease but not the person
After Ms. Lin's 9-year-old son suffered from a brain tumor, she decided to go to the U.S. to see a doctor, and through the Senegal Family, she was connected to the Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of the Harvard Medical School. She decided to go to the U.S. to see a doctor. She said that when she met the American specialist for the first time, the most unexpected thing was that the specialist kept asking her through the interpreter, "Any questions? The visit lasted 50 minutes until she finished asking all her questions.
When she gave her son proton radiation therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital, she didn't want to do it at first, but every time the nurse would give him a little bear, and after 10 treatments, he would get a big bear. So he pressed his mom every time to ask when he was going to go for treatment. The family was so busy fighting cancer that they forgot to celebrate their child's birthday. To Ms. Lin's surprise, the hospital staff brought a birthday cake and musical instruments to celebrate her child's birthday.
When it comes to medical care, efficacy is of course the core demand, but it is a systematic project. The gap between Chinese and foreign medical care is mainly reflected in the service. Domestic hospitals generally focus on medical treatment, but not on service. Cai Qiang believes that to meet the diversified medical needs, not only to improve the level of medical care, but also to provide patients with satisfactory service. Chinese patients who go overseas for medical treatment are most satisfied with the ability to have in-depth communication with specialists and fully express their demands.
At the Cleveland Clinic, certified therapy dogs are present in nursing wards, visiting patients and their families to bring laughter and joy and reduce anxiety. At Boston Children's Hospital, there are also a variety of caring activities, such as a clown caring team that performs at a child's bedside, including juggling, comedy, magic, and music, to take their mind off the pain of illness.
Doodle, who is less than 10 years old, had Ewing's sarcoma and was given a death sentence by several tertiary hospitals in Shanghai. After raising 1 million yuan, his older brother Meng brought him to the Anderson Cancer Center. After two phases of chemotherapy, which cost a huge amount of money, Doodle's primary tumor instead increased in size, and the doctors quickly adjusted the chemotherapy regimen. When Meng questioned the doctor's plan, the doctor produced dozens of research papers, each treatment based on extensive research and data. The key point is that Xiaomeng believes that they have no interest in the drug companies, so they will not overdo the treatment in order to get kickbacks.