Wednesday, November 16, 2011

How much does thyroid cancer treatment cost

How much does thyroid cancer treatment cost?

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CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR.
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probably the minimum expense would be $100,000. Figure all the testing costs a fortune, that is untold doctor's visits and various kinds of x-rays, scans, and biopsies. If you need any kind of chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation then add about $50,000 to each of those (minimum) Not to mention all the types of drugs that could be prescribed for the diagnosis. For example: Breast cancer cost us over $350,000 plus since the diagnosis (closer to $400,000). That is why we cannot allow cancer to bankrupt citizens of this country in fighting this terrible disease. Whatever kind of cancer you have, if caught early has a great survival rate. For instance breast cancer stage 1 has about a 95% or better rate of survival with proper treatment. Without insurance the survival rate drops to 52%. Why? Because the patients cannot afford either the treatments, medications, or follow up examinations necessary to fight the disease.
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You can easily check your minimal health care rates in internet, for example here - health-quotes.isgreat.org
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I racked up over $120,000 in bills in 4 months. I had multiple ultrasounds, an ultrasound guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy, those cost close to $3,000. My surgery was more extensive than first planned, so it ended up costing more than $75,000. I had radioactive iodine (I-131) for my follow up treatment, two sets of scans, multiple ultrasounds, CT scans, countless blood tests/ tumor markers...the list goes on! It's been 20 months since my first diagnosis, and I think my current tab is $150,000 and counting.




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