Austria is one of the countries that provides very good prospects for cancer patients, due to the extremely high availability of new methods and modern medicines, as well as good hospital infrastructure
Many cancers can be detected early and treated well in the early stages. Regular checkups are therefore essential. At PremiQaMed hospitals, comprehensive check-up programmes are offered and can be realised within a day or two.
Austria is one of the leading countries when it comes to cancer research. New research results are implemented in clinical practice swiftly, and therefore the chances of successfully overcoming cancer are improving increasingly. Austria is one of the countries that provides very good prospects for cancer patients, due to the extremely high availability of new methods and modern medicines, as well as good hospital infrastructure.
THE MAIN ASPECTS OF MODERN CANCER TREATMENT
Precise diagnostics constitute the main basis of modern treatment. In the diagnosis of cancer, it is very important to have very precise diagnostic tools for a very specific staging of the disease, in order to determine the extent to which the body has been impacted. Precise staging is important, as is very specialised pathologic analysis (tumor profiling).
We have learned over the past decade that there isn’t just one cancer diagnosis, even when one particular organ is affected. There are many subtypes of the disease and so many specific features that need to be considered for diagnosis and treatment. This is important for personalised therapy decisions, because we now have very specific drugs available that are directed towards very specific features of a cancer cell. Modern therapies also have reduced side effects and are much better tolerated by the patients.
Weekly meetings of all specialists in interdisciplinary “tumor boards” have been proven to lead to improved treatment results.
DEFINING AN OPTIMAL SURGERY STRATEGY
The treatment successes possible today can only be achieved through close cooperation between experts of all disciplines involved. Top specialists work together to develop the best solutions for each individual patient.
It is also important that medical oncologists and surgeons work together to define an optimal surgery strategy. Due to new diagnostic methods, it is also possible in surgery to carry out treatments in a more individualised manner, e.g. organ-preserving, minimally invasive operations and risk-adjusted therapies, in order to have the least radical approach possible and to achieve a better result over the long term. In general, large and very stressful operations are increasingly becoming a thing of the past.
SCREENING FOR EARLY DETECTION AND SECOND OPINION
Cancer’s development cannot always be prevented by a healthy lifestyle, but many cancers can be detected early and treated well in the early stages. Regular check-ups are therefore essential. PremiQaMed hospitals offer comprehensive check-up programmes that can be completed within one or two days.
For patients diagnosed with cancer, the Cancer Center offers them an opportunity to receive a second opinion and a therapy recommendation from an expert team based on the latest medical findings. A second opinion can be received not only at the hospital, but also remotely.
CANCER TREATMENT AT THE PREMIQAMED CANCER CENTER VIENNA
With these developments of modern medicine and the huge network of leading specialists from the University Hospital, we can deliver our service to many patients even in our relatively small private hospital, quickly and unbureaucratically. Diagnostics and therapies are also realised at our day clinic without the need to admit the patient to the hospital.
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