Lu177-PSMA Therapy Cost in India

The cost of Lu-177 PSMA therapy in India typically ranges from $500 to $6,000 USD, depending on the hospital, city, and type of procedure.

Lutetium-177 PSMA therapy is a radioactive medicine that targets prostate cancer cells carrying the PSMA protein. The cost depends on:

• Number of cycles: up to six.
• PSMA PET scans: before and during treatment.
• Hospital stay: for radiation safety.
• Blood tests

Lu-177 PSMA is usually priced per cycle, and a full course may cost much more than this range.

UCLH explains it aims to control metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, usually when other treatments are no longer working or are poorly tolerated. A PSMA PET scan checks that the cancer takes up the tracer.

UCLH describes a drip of about 30 minutes, given up to six times, 6 weeks apart. You stay several hours until radiation levels fall. Afterwards you sleep in a separate bed for 2 to 3 days and avoid close contact with children for 7 days.

UCLH lists dry mouth, tiredness, nausea and bowel changes as common. Less often, bone marrow is affected, raising infection or bleeding risk, so blood tests are needed. It can reduce tumour size and symptoms but is not a cure.