🎗️ Cancer Care & Second Opinions
Multidisciplinary review, surgery, systemic therapy and second opinions for complex cases.
What is actually available
- Multidisciplinary team (MDT) review — your imaging, pathology and history reviewed together by surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists in one session, rather than sequentially by one doctor at a time.
- Surgical resection, including for cases declined elsewhere as technically borderline.
- Systemic therapy — chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. Several CAR-T products are approved in China; eligibility depends on your exact indication and prior lines of treatment.
- Radiation therapy, including stereotactic techniques at designated centres.
- International joint case review — West China Hospital runs MDT channels with Memorial Sloan Kettering, MD Anderson, Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic.
- We will not tell you a Chinese hospital can cure something your doctors say is incurable. Nobody can promise that, and any agency that does is not worth your money.
- A second opinion is often the same answer, better explained — with a clearer plan, a timeline, and a cost. Sometimes that alone is worth the exercise.
- If your case is best treated at home, we will say so and you will have lost nothing but a few days.
Published reference ranges
| Item | Reference range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MDT case review | ¥ ___ | A joint specialist review session |
| Surgical resection (typical range) | ¥ ___ | Varies widely by site and complexity |
| Chemotherapy, per cycle | ¥ ___ | Drug regimen dependent |
| Radiotherapy course | ¥ ___ | Technique dependent |
Reference ranges for planning only. These are not bills and not quotes — the hospital quotes against your records, in writing.
How long you would need to stay
- Second opinion only: you may not need to travel at all — records can be reviewed remotely.
- Assessment and plan: 1–2 weeks on the ground, including imaging and pathology review.
- Surgery plus recovery: typically 3–6 weeks before you are fit to fly, depending on the operation.
What we need from you to get a real answer
- Pathology report (the original, not a summary)
- All imaging — the written reports and the original DICOM files, on disc, USB or download link
- Operative notes and discharge summaries from any previous treatment
- Current medication list with dosages
- A short note on what you have already been told and what you are hoping to find out
Send us what you have. A missing report is not a blocker — we will tell you what is still needed. The review is free and there is no obligation to travel.
Questions patients ask
Can a Chinese hospital really offer something my doctors at home cannot?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no, and the honest answer requires your records rather than a website. What China genuinely offers in oncology is volume and speed of multidisciplinary review: a complex case can be reviewed jointly by surgical, medical and radiation oncology in a single session rather than sequentially over months. Certain systemic therapies are more widely available and considerably cheaper, and several CAR-T products are approved in China. What China does not offer is a cure for something that is genuinely incurable, and any coordinator who suggests otherwise is selling you false hope. A second opinion often returns the same answer, better explained and with a cost attached. That is still worth having.
How long does a second opinion take, and what do you need from me?
Typically one to two weeks once we have a complete file, though it depends on how quickly the relevant department can schedule the review. We need the original pathology report rather than a summary, all imaging including the original DICOM files on disc, USB or download link, operative notes and discharge summaries from any previous treatment, and a current medication list with dosages. Missing pieces are not a blocker — send what you have and we will tell you what is still needed and why. A remote review cannot examine you, so it also cannot promise a treatment plan; it can tell you whether a different approach exists.
Do I have to travel to China for the review?
No, and for many people the review is where it ends. Records can be assessed remotely without a visa, a flight or any hospital payment, which makes it the lowest-commitment way to find out whether travelling would change anything. If the review does suggest a different approach, you then decide whether the potential benefit justifies the trip. Some specialties will not give an opinion without their own imaging, and we will tell you upfront if yours is one of them rather than taking your money and stalling.
Ready to talk through your case?
Start with the free case review. You get an honest assessment and clear next steps — no charge, no obligation.