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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is located in Houston and is world-famous for being an advanced oncological center. Here the doctors implement cutting-edge methods of cancer treatment and develop new ways and tactics for fighting oncological diseases.

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About The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For the past 30 years, the Center has been ranked first among the best clinics for treatment of malignant tumors, both in the USA and in the world. Doctors here use all the existing methods of fighting against various types of cancer: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunological, targeted, hormonal therapy, and others.
They are also developing the latest methods of diagnostics and are looking for more effective and less harmful ways to treat oncology.

Advantages of MD Anderson Cancer Center
Treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Costs of Treatment in the MD Anderson Cancer Center
Specialization of MD Anderson Cancer Center Doctors
Diagnostics at the MD Anderson Cancer Center
Documents required for a medical trip to the MD Anderson Cancer Center
May an accompanying person travel to the MD Anderson Cancer Center?

Advantages of MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson Cancer Center is the largest medical institution treating all types of cancer. Since 1990, it has topped the ranking of the best cancer hospitals every year. Thousands of cancer patients travel to the hospital for treatment, as it can provide the best care and prescribe advanced therapy even in the most severe cases.
  • Prominent Doctros
    The doctors of MD Anderson Cancer Center are ranked as the best specialists in the USA and in the world.
  • JCI Accreditation
    MD Anderson Cancer Center received JCI Accreditation, which guarantees a high level of qualified and safe medical care.
  • Research
    More than $800 million is an annual budget for high-impact clinical research. In addition to treatment, a large training center has been created at the Anderson Cancer Center, where qualified oncologists are trained.
Онкологический центр Андерсона
JCI Accreditation testifies that the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center provides the most qualified and safest medical care.
More than $800 million is spent on clinical research every year. In addition to treatment, there is a large training center has been created at the Anderson Cancer Center which trains qualified oncologists.
Онкологический центр Андерсона

Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer

The Anderson Cancer Center actively disseminates information about what kind of lifestyle should be followed if one has a predisposition to cancer.
For 72 years of its existence, the Center has already helped a million of its patients to cope with this disease.
The Anderson Cancer Center has established the Institute for Early Cancer Detection and Therapy, consisting of:
  • Center for Genomics (you can get a detailed analysis of the genetic code and find out the predisposition for oncology);
  • Center for Proteomics (a promising approach for the discovery of new tumor markers that can improve the effectiveness of ongoing therapy);
  • Center for Diagnostic Imaging (obtaining images of the internal organs and tissues of the body — the first method of diagnosing cancer at an early stage);
  • Center for Pharmacology (development of new drugs against tumors);
  • Center for Immunology (a new way to destroy malignant tumors: activate the body's immune system in recognizing tumors and fighting them);
  • Research Center for Metastasis and Molecular markers (predicting the course of oncology, the spread of cancer cells).

Treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center

The MD Anderson Cancer Center uses modern oncology treatment methods that have proven effectiveness. Doctors use both well-known methods and the latest developments. The program can combine several types of treatment at the same time. The choice of method depends on the results of complex diagnostics, the final diagnosis, the characteristics of the patient (age, comorbidities, use of primary therapy, etc.).

Surgical Treatment of Cancer

Surgical intervention remains the main and one of the most effective methods of combating oncology. At the Anderson Cancer Center, minimally invasive operations are more often performed, in order to minimize soft tissue injury and eliminate postoperative complications.
The Anderson Cancer Center has a specialized Da Vinci robotic system that performs operations with high precision. Also, the robot allows to avoid the human factor in the course of the operation and perform manipulations in the most inaccessible places. The doctor performing the surgery observes the operation on the monitor with an enlarged image. The Da Vinci robot reduces the risk of infection, surgical incision and bleeding; it works with the smallest structures, such blood vessels and nerves.
Хирургические лечение в онкологическом центре Андерсона

Radiation Therapy for Cancer

Лучевая терапия в онкологическом центре Андерсона
The rehabilitation period after receiving radiation therapy at the Anderson Center is much shorter than after radiation therapy in their home country.
The destruction of malignant tumors is performed with the help of radiation therapy, namely directed radiation.
The technique is used both before surgery, to reduce the tumor, and after it, to reduce the risk of metastases. The center uses modern equipment that purposefully affects malignant cells and causes minimal harm to healthy body tissues.

The following methods for treatment are used:
  • stereotaxic surgery (a high dose of radiation is used to destroy cancer cells that are localized in hard-to-reach places, such as brain, head and neck, liver, pancreas, kidneys, lungs, prostate and spine);
  • intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), when the tumor is irradiated from different sides so that the dose destroys the formation, while sparing borderline healthy tissues and organs as much as possible;
  • volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), when radiation dose maximally corresponds to the shape of the neoplasm, increasing the effectiveness of the impact on the malignant tumor, and the load on the tissues around it is minimal;
  • hypofractionated radiation therapy (a new method of remote radiation therapy, during which the neoplasm is irradiated with an increased dose of radiation with high accuracy, which also minimally affects healthy tissues);
  • contact radiation therapy (a radiation substance is administered intravenously, which affects only diseased cells, destroying them).

Chemotherapy of Cancer




Another effective method that suppresses the growth and development of malignant tumors is chemotherapy. Previously, it was used and affected the entire body as a whole, causing side effects.
However, MD Anderson Cancer Center is creating new and improving existing chemotherapy drugs to minimize side effects. It is used both as an auxiliary method of fighting cancer, and as the main method, for example, in leukemia. Medicines are selected on an individual basis according to the results of diagnostics, the type and stage of the tumor and the characteristics of the body. The dose of the drug and the duration of the course depend on these factors.
Химиотерапия рака в онкологическом центре Андерсона

Targeted therapy

Таргетная терапия в онкологическом центре Андерсона



This is a type of chemotherapy that targets specific substances in cancer cells that distinguish them from healthy tissue. Some targeted drugs turn off the chemical signals needed for cancer cells to divide and grow. The rest stop the growth of blood vessels that feed the neoplasm. Other drugs penetrate the cancer cells and destroy them from the inside.

Hormone therapy



A narrowly focused method that arose as a result of hormonal disorders. Thus, often tumors develop due to certain hormones. In women it is breast and ovarian cancer, and in men it is prostate cancer. Oncologists prescribe drugs that suppress the production of certain hormones in the body. In such cases, hormone therapy gives a good result. The MD Anderson Cancer Center uses high-quality drugs that have a minimal effect on the body. Doctors prescribe hormone blockers after receiving tests that the formation is really hormone-dependent.
Гормональная терапия в онкологическом центре Андерсона

Immunotherapy

Иммунная терапия в онкологическом центре Андерсона
A new methods of cancer treatment stimulates the immune system, causing it to attack malignant tumors. Components of the immune system (interferons), or drugs that recognize diseased cells are used; they destroy cancer cells with high precision.
The MD Anderson Cancer Center uses immunotherapy both in combination with other therapies and as an independent way to fight tumors. It should be noted that this method gives a positive result only in certain types of cancer.
Doctors are actively researching and creating oncolytic viruses that infect and destroy neoplasms.

Photodynamic therapy

The newest method of treatment with drugs that make malignant cells hypersensitive to light. A photosensitizer (a special substance that makes tissues sensitive to sunlight) is injected into the patient's blood. The drug was designed so that its molecules accumulate mostly in malignant neoplasms. When these areas are exposed to laser radiation, the cells are destroyed. At the same time, healthy tissues receive minimal damage. The therapy is used for treatment for cancer of the stomach, lungs, skin, esophagus, bladder, cervix, both at the very beginning of the disease, and in the later stages, when it is not possible to perform a surgery. At the MD Anderson Center, this method is actively used during surgeries as well, to prevent recurrence in various parts of the body, such as the abdominal or pleural cavities.
Фотодинамическая терапия в онкологическом центре Андерсона

Costs of Treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center

Treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center is pricey. Choosing this option, the patients must understand that the cost will be much higher than in any other clinic in the world. However, the quality of treatment, the experience of doctors, the level of diagnostics and treatment are also at the highest level.
It should be remembered that the final price depends on many factors: type and stage of the disease, age, gender, etc.

The price includes diagnostics, treatment (all types), consumables, medications, medical staff services and inpatient stay at University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

The price includes the maximum number of manipulations and procedures, as well as the services of an interpreter-coordinator, airport-hotel and hotel-airport transfers, visa support, maintaining contact with the attending physician at the end of the medical program, a personal service manager from UNICLINICS for the entire stay at the oncology center 24/7, as well as providing prescriptions for the purchase of original medications after the end of the program, consultations of related specialists and much more.

Estimated costs for some examinations and treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center:
  • Diagnostics — from 7 000 €.
  • Chemotherapy — from 12 000 €.
  • Radiotherapy — from 25 000 €.
  • Combined chemo- and radiotherapy from 55 000 €.
  • Hormonal therapy — from 11 000 €.



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Specialization of MD Anderson Cancer Center Doctors

Anderson Cancer Center has more than 400 oncologists of various specializations who treat all types of cancer. New and innovative treatments are available at the Cancer Center years before they become standard in medical protocols. Clinical trials include state-of-the-art patient care and evaluation of the latest advances in oncology.
Doctors of Medicine here are ranked first in the number of research grants awarded by the National Cancer Institute. By studying how tumors develop and how they respond to various therapies, doctors help patients overcome the disease and prevent recurrences.

Doctors of the MD Anderson Cancer Center are specialists in certain narrow areas:

Gastrointestinal Oncology

The Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology has 23 associate professors and 5 professors. Doctors here treat cancer of the stomach, liver, esophagus, pancreas, colon, rectum, retroperitoneal tumors, peritoneal cancers, peritoneal carcinomatosis.


Professor of the Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology:

Robert A. Wolff

Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Deputy Head of the Department for Clinical and Educational Issues.
Edmund Scott Kopetz


Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Milind Javle

Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Urological Oncology

The Genitourinary Cancer Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has 24 medical doctors and 6 professors. The department's doctors treat cancer of the kidney, bladder, prostate, testicle, penis, adrenal gland, and upper urinary tract.


Professors of the Genitourinary Cancer Center:

Arlene O Siefker-Radtke


Professor of the Genitourinary Cancer Center

of the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Paul G. Corn

Professor of the Genitourinary Cancer Center. Acting Head of the Genitourinary Medical Oncology & Cancer Department.
Peter Friedl


Professor of the Genitourinary Cancer Center

of the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Pulmonary Oncology

Over 80 associate professors and professors of medicine work at the Thoracic Canter Center. Doctors treat lung cancer, mediastinum tumors (thymus cancer), bronchi (bronchogenic carcinoma), trachea, carcinoid of the respiratory organs.


Professors of the Thoracic Canter Center:

Jonathan M. Kurie

Distinguished Professor of Lung Cancer Research, Department of Chest, Head and Neck Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Bonnie S. Glisson

Professor of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, board certified in internal medicine and oncology.
John V. Heymach

Chief of Chest/Head and Neck Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Chairs the David Bruton Chair in Cancer Research.

Neuro-Oncology

The Department of Neuro-Oncology has 20 associate professors and professors. Doctors treat pituitary adenoma, gliomas and astrocytomas, cavernomas, craniopharyngiomas, medulloblastomas, meningiomas, metastases and melanomas in the brain, chordomas, glioblastomas of the brain.

Professors of the Neuro-Oncology Department:

Candelaria Gomez-Manzano

Professors of the Neuro-Oncology Department at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
John M. Slopis

Professors of the Neuro-Oncology Department at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Vinay K. Puduvalli

Chief of Chest/Head and Neck Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Chairs the David Bruton Chair in Cancer Research.

Gynecologic Oncology

The Department of Gynecologic Oncology has 38 associate professors and professors. Doctors treat cancer of the cervix, ovaries, uterus, vulva, fallopian tube, vagina, trophoblastic disease.



Professor of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology:

Kathleen M. Schmeler

Professor of the Gynecologic Oncology Center.
Michael W. Bevers

Professor of the Gynecologic Oncology Center and Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Program since 2008, is Educator of the Month for September 2006.
Pedro T. Ramirez

Professor and Head of Minimally Invasive Surgical Research and Education at the Department of Gynecologic Oncology.

Diagnostics at the MD Anderson Cancer Center

Diagnostics at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is performed with the help of on high-tech equipment that accurately determines the type, size and location of a malignant tumor. Timely and precise diagnostics helps to treat cancer as quickly and successfully as possible.

The main methods of diagnostics of oncological diseases:
  • laboratory blood tests (general blood count, biochemistry, coagulation test, tumor markers, and others);
  • ultrasound examination (with certain localizations of tumors, it detects the germination of malignant cells in the fiber or surrounding organs);
  • x-ray studies (performed if increased image clarity is needed; a non-absorbable x-ray contrast agent is first introduced into the tissues);
  • computed tomography (the main diagnostic method: layer-by-layer scanning allows to detect the disease in the early stages and start the treatment as soon as possible);
  • positron emission tomography (with a high degree of certainty establishes the presence of a malignant tumor 4–5 mm in size);
  • biopsy (surgical procedure in which a small sample of tissue is taken from the affected areas; it helps to determine the type of oncology);
  • endoscopy (reveals neoplasms of a different nature at the initial stage, precancerous tissue changes, side effects of procedures).

Documents required for a medical trip to the MD Anderson Cancer Center

In order to travel to the United States, it is necessary to gather a number of documents.

A medical visa, which is required for a travel to the USA, must be submitted with an invitation letter from a treating oncologist.

To obtain a USA visa, one must have the following documents:

  • payment receipt of the consular fee (160 dollars);
  • a valid passport, which expires no earlier than 6 months after the trip;
  • a filled out online form DS-160 for a visa;
  • photographs taken in accordance with the standards of the US Embassy (size 5x5 cm, on a white or light gray background);
  • a letter from the attending physician in the United States, indicating the diagnosis and justification for the need for treatment in America;
  • confirmation from a doctor and hospital in the United States of their readiness to accept a patient, as well as information on the schedule and cost.

Additional documents one may need:

  • passport of a citizen of your country;
  • certificate of obtaining an individual tax number;
  • employment certificate which indicates the position and salary;
  • property ownership certificate;
  • marital status certificate;
  • copy of a retirement certificate (for pensioners);
  • certificate from the educational institution (for students);
  • copy of birth certificate and travel authorization from both of the parents/guardians (for children).

Minor patient would need:

  • birth certificate;
  • notarized letter of consent from both parents or other authorized representatives (guardians) for the minor to travel abroad. If the child travels abroad with only one of the parents, then the consent of the second parent is required, unless the second parent does not have parental rights or if they passed away (in this case, a court order or death certificate must be submitted);
  • a copy of the visa of the parent or guardian traveling with the child abroad;
  • other documentary evidence of a joint trip abroad (hotel reservations, air tickets, etc).

May an accompanying person travel to the MD Anderson Cancer Center?

For treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the patient can go with one or more accompanying persons in case of a serious health condition. There is a hotel for relatives of patients on the territory of the center.

A visa for accompanying persons is issued on the basis of the patient's documents: an official invitation from the Anderson Cancer Center and proof of residence. Accompanying persons are to be tested for COVID-19, similarly to the patient.

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