{"id":872,"date":"2017-11-10T08:35:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T00:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/11\/10\/30000-foreign-cancer-patients-flock-to-china-for-treatment\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T19:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T11:25:17","slug":"30000-foreign-cancer-patients-flock-to-china-for-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/30000-foreign-cancer-patients-flock-to-china-for-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"30,000 Foreign Cancer Patients Flock To China For Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A hospital in southern China has been attracting thousands of <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/foreign\/\" title=\"View all posts in foreign\" >foreign<\/a> cancer patients with its treatment expertise, particularly for those in advanced stages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A hospital in southern China has been attracting thousands of foreign cancer patients with its treatment expertise, particularly for those in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">advanced stages.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/30000-foreign-cancer-patients-flock-to-china-for-treatment\/#Photo_cnhelpcacom\" title=\"Photo: cnhelpca.com\">Photo: cnhelpca.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/30000-foreign-cancer-patients-flock-to-china-for-treatment\/#Photos_fudahospitalcom\" title=\"Photos: fudahospital.com\">Photos: fudahospital.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_cnhelpcacom\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fn4z3EDKWmZmOwkJukOrCGjkYnj4?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"cnhelpca.com.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"360.70542635658916\" title=\"\">Photo: cnhelpca.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FhNl2doedAYD6qBZr-w2Fp8TgEQT?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"NextShark5.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" title=\"\">Photo: fudahospital.com<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded by Xu Kecheng in 2001, Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital has received more than <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/30\/\" title=\"View all posts in 30\" >30<\/a>,000 foreign patients. Many of them have lost all hope in their own countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fuda\u2019s major treatment modalities are cryotherapy and NanoKnife surgery. Cryotherapy, also known as cryosurgery ablation, involves the use of liquefied gases (such as argon and helium) that freeze and kill cancer cells. More than 10,000 patients received such<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> treatment<\/a> since its inception in 2002.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjrgK7pyzU7AUreUTqHfh79PxTMx?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"NextShark1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtBfrf37tXP5dr4VA7BIPyS99Lot?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"NextShark2.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\" title=\"\">\u00a0 Photo: NextShark<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>NanoKnife, on the other hand, is a minimally invasive surgery option that uses \u201chigh electric-field and ultrashort pulses\u201d to destroy cancer cells. It is also called Irreversible Electroporation (IRE).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlfS6uT3tfgklpbFheQgI4j1vRiz?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"ef5644b575aa53af3a27061825755879-sz_196672.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"292\" title=\"\">Photo: NextShark<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hospital first came to global prominence in 2008 when a stage-four pancreatic cancer patient from Denmark by the name of Gurli Gregersen reportedly improved. Thousands have flocked since then.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xu shared that he developed Fuda\u2019s \u201ccancer control model\u201d based on his own experience. He was diagnosed with liver cancer and underwent surgery in 2006.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Declining other treatment offers, the 78-year-old digestion specialist told the outlet:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<strong>My doctors said that it\u2019s their routine procedure to do radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancer patients, but in my eyes, these treatments are unnecessary. I decided to control the cancer by myself.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiTzNg4NYitzcZ3zs1enCI6fuJl0?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"725.1244444444444\" title=\"\">Mr. Xu Kecheng\u00a0 Photo: Internet<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xu is also a supporter of immunotherapy, a cancer treatment option currently banned in China. According to SCMP, Xu claimed that Fuda avoided immunotherapy, but \u201cCombined Immunotherapy for Cancer\u201d remains part of its cancer treatment model as indicated on its website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNow, immunotherapy is in fashion in the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/international\/\" title=\"View all posts in international\">international<\/a> medical field. China\u2019s immunotherapy was the most advanced in the world. But the crackdown has set back its development \u2026 Some patients [on the mainland] now go to Japan for this treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Xu\u2019s confidence in immunotherapy is supported by oncologist Mu Feng, the hospital\u2019s vice president<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fhr0t4tQi5sVFTJvBEtEnvTdww38?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"484.1401515151515\" title=\"\">Mu Feng, the hospital\u2019s vice president\u00a0 Photo: Internet<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, Fuda treats around 1,000 foreign patients every year, a figure far beyond those of other hospitals in mainland China. Most patients come from Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAll of us are satisfied with the service here,\u201d an Indian national whose mother receives treatment told.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlcO4VnT7gJjA1xBYgFPrnOYRqDj?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"Fuda Cancer Hospital6.jpeg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsTdW5DS1O1mIUXpORcqnFWSqOLU?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"392.6666666666667\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos_fudahospitalcom\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpHeaz7ZNGl6aoGonArWPmMIVg8w?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"www.fudahospital.com12.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"392.6666666666667\" title=\"\">Photos: fudahospital.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Aside from its treatment model, the hospital also draws interest as Chinese and foreign patients are charged with similar rates.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hospital in southern China has been attracting thousands of foreign cancer patients with its treatment expertise, particularly for those in advanced stages. 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