​The Horizon Regional Cancer Center at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand provides comprehensive cancer care and treatment by a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists, including preventionm, diagnosis, treatment, assessment of treatment plan and management of possible complications, emotional support, nutritional care, pain management, and close monitoring of possible recurrence.

 

​1. Treatment of Cancer

• Chemotherapy
  • Assessment of patient’s health and treatment planning
  • Chemotherapy drug administration
  • Targeted therapy
  • Blood/platelet transfusion
• Radiation therapy
  • Assessment of patient’s health and treatment planning
  • Radiation therapy
    • Cancer
    • Keloids
    • Non-cancerous conditions
  • Volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
  • Brachytherapy
• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
  • Assessment of patient’s health and treatment planning
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to treat leukemia, lymphoma, aplastic anemia, and bone marrow cancer
    • Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT)
    • Bone marrow transplantation (BMT)

​2. Cancer screening

• Mammogram
• Pap smear
• Colonoscopy
• Endoscopy
• Low-dose CT scan

3. ​Other services

• Testing for tumor markers and carrying out biopsies in a laboratory that meets international standards
• Care of colostomy
• Care of implanted venous access device (port-a-cath)
• Nutrition consultation
• Psychological support
• Palliative care of terminally ill patients
• Cancer support group
• Provide information and organize seminars about cancer

 

The Horizon Cancer Center at Bumrungrad International Hospital provides care and treatment planning by focusing on multidisciplinary care, ensuring the highest benefit to our patients. Our medical team is made up of specialists from many different fields and medical professionals with expertise in cancer, as follows:

Doctors

• Oncologist
• Hematologist-oncologist
• Bone marrow specialist
• Surgical oncologist
• Gynecologic oncologist
• Pediatric hematologist-oncologist
• Pediatric bone marrow specialist
• Radiation oncologist
• Diagnostic radiologist
• Pathologist
• Anesthesiologist

Medical professionals

• Clinical nurse coordinator for the Horizon Cancer Center
• Pharmacist specializing in cancer and chemotherapy
• Medical physicist
• Radiology technologist
• Dietician

 

Radiology

• Dual-energy linear accelerator
• X-ray simulator to precisely identify the locations (fields) for treatment, which is connected to a CT scanner and MRI machine
• Radiation shield to protect healthy tissue and organs located close to the areas being treated

 

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