Lu177-PSMA Therapy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of Lu-177 PSMA therapy in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for Lu-177 PSMA therapy in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If you need a short course or a standard treatment plan, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if you need more cycles or sessions, newer medicines or a more advanced technique.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for Lu-177 PSMA therapy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Planning scans
• Medicines or sessions per cycle
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Lutetium-177 PSMA therapy is a targeted radiation treatment for advanced prostate cancer, in which a radioactive medicine given into a vein binds to a protein (PSMA) on prostate cancer cells.

University College London Hospitals (UCLH) says that the aim is to control metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, normally when other treatments have stopped working or are poorly tolerated.

A PSMA PET scan first checks that the cancer takes up the tracer.

UCLH describes a drip of about 30 minutes, given up to six times at six-week intervals, after which people sleep in a separate bed for two to three days and keep away from children for seven days.

It names a dry mouth, tiredness, sickness and bowel changes as common, and because bone marrow can be affected blood tests are required; the treatment can shrink tumours and ease symptoms but is not a cure.

Flying home: whether you can travel between treatments or after finishing depends on blood counts and side effects, and the oncologist will advise on dates.

A Gurgaon quote for Lu-177 PSMA therapy is normally made up of these items:

• Scans to plan treatment: carried out before the first session.
• How many cycles or sessions: the main factor in the total.
• Drug or technique: medicine brand and dose, or the radiotherapy method.
• Cycles: up to six.
• PSMA PET scan: ahead of treatment.
• Radiation precautions: and stay on treatment days.
• Blood tests: between cycles.

Cancer medicines are normally charged per cycle, and the drug is commonly the largest part of the bill, so it is worth asking how many cycles the Gurgaon estimate includes.

Cancer care in Gurgaon is usually organised by hospital oncology departments in which medical, radiation and surgical oncologists review each case together at a tumour board.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Haryana adopted the national Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 in 2018, starting with larger private hospitals, so you can ask a Gurgaon hospital for its registration under the Act.