Systemic therapy cycle in China

Indicative bandVaries widelyindicative

Drawn from provincial schedules and institutions' published lists. Not a quote.

Typical stayOutpatient cycles

Your case can differ; the treating team sets the real schedule.

Decided byThe treating institution

Eligibility, technique and price are theirs to state. We translate and coordinate.

1. What Systemic therapy cycle is

Chemotherapy, targeted drugs and immunotherapy are billed per cycle, and the drug chosen dominates the number. National insurance status changes Chinese patients' prices, not necessarily yours.

A regimen is a calendar, not a single purchase: the same drug may be given every two or three weeks for months, so the per-cycle number matters less than the plan's total shape.

2. Who it is typically considered for

The regimen is chosen by the treating oncologist from pathology, staging and prior treatment. Bring complete records; the plan is only as good as the paper it stands on.

3. How the process usually runs

01Records review andRecords review and, often, repeat baseline imaging 02Step 1Regimen decision and consent 03Step 2Day-ward cycles on a fixed calendar 04Step 3Response imaging every few cycles

4. What sits inside, and outside, the institution's bill

Typically inside the bill

The planning, sessions and the treating team
Routine on-treatment reviews
Standard imaging or tests bundled by the centre's published list

Usually billed separately

Flights, hotel and daily costs
Our translation, interpretation and coordination fees, published separately
Treatment of complications beyond the routine course
A companion's costs

What moves the total

Which drug, above all
Cycle count
Supportive drugs and monitoring, itemised separately

You contract with the institution directly and pay it directly. We add nothing to its bill and never handle payments owed to it.

5. Recovery and follow-up

01Step 1Side effects are tracked cycle by cycle, with dose adjustments as needed 02Step 2Blood tests before each cycle decide whether it proceeds on time 03Step 3Many patients continue later cycles at home, with the plan and records translated

6. Common questions

Can I start here and continue at home?

Often, if your home oncologist accepts the plan. We translate the full protocol and records to make that handover clean.

Why do prices vary so much?

Originator versus generic, and whether a drug is in the national insurance catalogue, move the number by multiples.

Is immunotherapy available?

Widely, for approved indications. Whether it fits your case is a pathology and biomarker question.

What should I bring?

Complete pathology, biomarker reports, imaging and a treatment timeline. The regimen is only as good as the records it is built on.

7. What to ask the institution

What is the per-cycle list price of the proposed regimen?
Are originator and generic options both available?
What monitoring is included in each cycle?

Our part, and its limits

We translate your records in full, correspond with institutions in Chinese, and interpret on site, at the rates published on the fees page. We do not give medical advice, do not recommend one institution over another, and never handle payments owed to any hospital. Whether this procedure is right for you is a question only the treating physicians can answer. Nothing on this page is medical advice, and no outcome is implied or promised.

Before any of this, the records

A rehabilitation plan can only be written by an institution that has read your case accurately. That is where the work starts.

Read: preparing your records →