Chemotherapy costs

[ajahnlau]

Anyone doing this with recent costs? I'll need 2 different drugs leucovorin wth flourouracil and oxaliplatin. Thanks

 

[Sheryl]

That's 3 different drugs, actually.

 

Costs will depend very much on where you are treated and (if it is a private hospital) what brand of the drug is used. Also on how well you tolerate it i.e. if you need admission to hospital to manage side effects and/or require expensive drugs to manage the side effects. And how many rounds of treatment you need.

 

I can't give you a number, but as all 3 are available in locally or  regionally manufactured brands, cost should not be too high if done in a government hospital, of which there are several specializing in oncology.

 

At a private hospital, likely to cost quite a lot and they'll use imported brands.

 

To give you a general idea, someone here was just quoted 1 million baht for a course of chemo (slightly different drugs but, like yours, old ones) consisting of 5 days a week x I think 5 cycles, at 1 million baht by a private hospital. Not including any costs that might arise in management of side effects.