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Oncology · Oesophageal cancer
We translate your endoscopy, pathology and imaging reports into Spanish and send them to an oncologist in Cuba who treats oesophageal cancer. We explain the doctor’s opinion in plain language and, if you decide to go ahead, plan treatment and travel with you.
Who it is for
Chemoradiotherapy or surgery has been suggested and you want another specialist’s view on the plan.
You are having chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy and want to review your options.
You were told the tumour cannot be removed and want to know which options exist alongside radiotherapy.
You can apply on their behalf. Every update comes to you.
What the doctor checks
In oesophageal cancer, the plan depends on where the tumour is and what type it is. How well the patient can eat and drink affects the decision just as much. In your file, the doctor looks closely at these points.
Which part of the oesophagus is affected and whether it is a squamous cell cancer or an adenocarcinoma.
The extent of the disease as shown by endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, CT and PET-CT.
What you can swallow, weight lost over the last six months and any stent or feeding tube.
Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgery, with dates and how you responded.
Documents
Tick what you already have. A missing document does not stop your application; our team will tell you what is still needed.
Your reports can be in any language; we translate them for the doctor. Clear photos and PDF files are both fine.
Apply nowYour ticks are saved on this device only.
Process
About 10 minutes
You fill in the form, upload your reports and pay the preliminary review fee.
After payment
We check your documents, translate them into Spanish and prepare one clear file for the doctor.
Target: about 4 business days
An oncologist in Cuba reviews your file and may ask for more documents. We keep you updated at every step.
The decision is yours
We explain the doctor’s opinion. If you want to go ahead, we plan the hospital stay, travel and accommodation with you.
Timings vary with each file and its documents. You can follow every stage in the patient portal.
Oesophageal cancer in Cuba
Oncologists in Cuba review your file in line with internationally accepted approaches to oesophageal cancer. If swallowing is hard and you are losing weight, safe nutrition comes first. The doctor takes this into account when telling you whether treatment and travel to Cuba suit you.
CIMAher is planned together with your standard treatment. The doctor tells you from your file whether it suits you and how it will be given.
Antibody medicine
An antibody medicine that targets the EGFR receptor on tumour cells.
The doctor’s assessment and suggested next step, explained to you in English.
If treatment is suggested, you receive hospital and treatment costs in writing.
Once you have heard the opinion, you decide whether to travel.
FAQ
Safe nutrition comes first. Sometimes this means having a stent or feeding tube placed in your own country. The doctor assesses your nutrition and weight loss, and travel is only planned once you are well enough.
No. In Cuba it is licensed for a specific situation, together with chemoradiotherapy. The oncologist reviewing your reports tells you whether it is relevant for your file.
The current fee is shown during the application. It covers checking your documents, translating them into Spanish, the review of your file by a specialist in Cuba and explaining the opinion to you. For card payments, the processing fee is shown separately on the payment screen.
If you withdraw after paying but before your file is sent to the doctor, the fee is refunded. The preliminary review fee pays for the specialist's review of your file, not for acceptance for treatment, so once your file has been sent to the doctor it is not refunded, whether the doctor's opinion is positive or negative. If the doctor asks for more documents during the review, reviewing them is covered by the same fee. To withdraw, simply write to info@cubahealthassist.com with your file number; our finance team will handle your request.
If your documents are complete, our target for the first specialist review is about 4 business days. If the doctor asks for more documents, it may take longer. We keep you updated at every step.
Yes, most applications are made by relatives. Contact details are taken from the applicant, and all updates go to the applicant.
We take care of the translation. We translate your documents into Spanish and explain the doctor's opinion to you in your language.
Your file is first reviewed remotely. Once you have the doctor's opinion, you decide whether to travel. If you cannot come to Cuba, treatment can, in suitable cases, also be carried out in your own country with your own doctor, in coordination with the doctors in Cuba.
Prepared by the Cuba Health Assist medical content team · Last updated: · Editorial and medical content policy
Sources: WHO: cancer fact sheet; Meng X et al. Nimotuzumab with chemoradiotherapy in unresectable oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, phase 3 interim analysis, Br J Cancer, 2023 (PubMed 37864049)
Diagnosis and treatment decisions are made by the specialist who reviews your file.
The application takes about 10 minutes. If you would like to ask first, write to us on WhatsApp; we help in English, Spanish, German and Turkish.
This page is for information only. Diagnosis and treatment decisions are made by licensed doctors. Medical disclaimer
