Cell therapy Center

Q: Can all types of cancer be treated with cells?

A: Currently, cell therapy requires a hospital approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and an approved cancer type.

Q: What is cell therapy?

A: To put it simply, it uses your own body’s immune cells to attack cancer cells together. This is an auxiliary treatment and is not the first or only treatment for cancer treatment. Therefore, it is recommended to be used together with standard treatments.

Q: Are cell therapy and immunotherapy the same?

A: Immunotherapy is divided into two types, one is immune drug therapy (most people call it immunotherapy); the other is immune cell therapy (this is cell therapy).

Q: Is cell therapy covered by health insurance? How much does the treatment cost?

A: Currently, cell therapy is a completely self-paid treatment and is not covered by health insurance. Each type of cell therapy has a different price range, with the average price for the entire treatment course ranging from NTD $2 million to NTD $3 million.

Q: What kind of patients are suitable for cell therapy?

A: Taking cancer patients as an example, current government regulations stipulate that patients in stage 1 to stage 3 who have failed standard treatments and stage 4 can receive cell therapy.

Q: Is cell therapy useful?

A: I believe this is an issue that many people are concerned about. Judging from the current status of treatment cases, cell therapy has indeed helped many patients stabilize their condition and even prevent recurrence.