cancer treatment outsourcing?
My aunty is having cancer and she is taking treatment at lilavati hospital mumbai, we wish to consult foreign doctors. what is the term callled or what is the procedure and how it can be done. it should be like we can send reports to doctor in remote place and they suggest the treatment
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This is called getting a 'second opinion'. You get copies of your aunt's records and scans, and send them by courrier to another doctor. Most of the bigger US hospitals will do this. You need to contact the international department. Here's an example from Massachussetts General Hospital, in Boston, which I recommend:
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It is very common for cancer specialists to develop a treatment plan for a patient, who then receives that cancer care much closer to home. Johns Hopkins Hospital has doctors that see a large number of international patients. I know from personal experience that they also have many Indian physicians. http://www.jhintl.org/for-patients/connect-with-your-regional-experts/asia-pacific
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