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Cancer Treatment (Oncology) · New Taipei, Taiwan

Breast cancer treatment cost in New Taipei

Treatments from

$680

Options priced

3 of 13

Up to

≈ $43,300

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MCI · Condition Index · how

Treatment options · New Taipei

one pathway per patient — never summed

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) diagnostic from $680
  • Radiation Therapy treatment from $5,570
  • Immunotherapy treatment from $43,300

How we collect & verify prices Compare treatments ↓

In plain words · A tumor that starts in breast tissue — highly treatable when found early; treatment usually combines surgery with drug or radiation therapy.

Also known as: breast tumorbreast carcinoma

Treatments from
$680
cheapest single option
Options priced
3 of 13
treatment menu
Price span
$680–$43,300
across options
MCI Index
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Clinics
2
in New Taipei
Specialists
7
who treat this

Top hospital for this in New Taipei · Newsweek #21 in Taiwan

#21 Far Eastern Memorial Hospital BB 4.4★

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital is a medical-center-tier hospital in New Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 1981. It is a private, non-profit institution. It has 1396 beds. Notable programs include Cardiovascular Center and Internal Medicine.

Treatment options in New Taipei from $680 — full menu below.

See profile & prices →

Treatments & prices in New Taipei

Verified

Every treatment this condition maps to, cheapest first — diagnostics before treatments. Each links to its full price comparison. One pathway per patient; we never sum options into a fake total.

Treatment Type Local price from ≈USD Status
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) diagnostic NT$22,000–NT$25,000 $680 Verified
Radiation Therapy treatment NT$180,000–NT$250,000 $5,570 unverified
Immunotherapy treatment NT$1,400,000–NT$1,400,000 $43,300 unverified

Each treatment links to its full price page — clinic prices, other cities, recovery and risks.

What treatment costs at each stage

Modeled preview

Staging system: TNM (AJCC), commonly grouped as stage 0–IV. Stage is set by tumor size, nodes and spread — it decides which treatment anchors your cost, which is why condition prices span so widely.

The stage→treatment map is a modeled framework from public clinical taxonomy; prices are this registry's own rows for mapped treatments — empty means we haven't priced it, never a guess. Your stage and pathway are the specialist's call.

What diagnosis costs in New Taipei

Imported

Your first spend is the work-up, not the treatment — the typical items, priced from this registry where we hold them.

  • 1 Specialist consultation Oncologist from $8
  • 2 Imaging — mammogram Not yet priced
  • 3 Image-guided biopsy Not yet priced
  • 4 Pathology review Not yet priced
  • 5 Staging imaging (CT / PET / MRI) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) $680–$773

Priced items together ≈ $688–$781 — if your work-up needs every priced step; unpriced items come on top.

Consultation fees from our specialist registry; procedure prices from this condition's mapped diagnostics. Unverified prices are labeled on their own pages.

Managing it vs treating it

Modeled preview

The actual decision at this stage: the recurring cost of living with the condition vs the one-time treatment pathway. Unit prices only — we never extrapolate an annual total.

Managing — recurring

  • Specialist follow-upOncologist $8 per visit
  • Monitoring imagingMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) $680 per scan
  • Ongoing medication Not yet sourced
  • Published annual cost of management Not yet sourced

Treating — one-time pathway

$5,570–$43,300

entry prices across 2 treatment options — one pathway per patient, never summed

Which side wins is a staging call — cost by stage ↑ and the care pathway ↓ frame that conversation with the specialist.

When flying pays off — the break-even line

Modeled preview

The go/no-go math everyone does on a napkin, done transparently: price here plus trip costs from United States (change in the header) — flying beats staying when your quote at home is above the line.

Treatment option Price here + Trip (est.) Flying pays above
Radiation Therapy 5-night modeled trip from $5,570 ≈ $2,820 ≈ $8,390
Immunotherapy 5-night modeled trip from $43,300 ≈ $2,820 ≈ $46,100

Trip = flights, hotel, transport and medication from the same model as the all-in estimates — labeled estimates, not quotes. If your quote at home is below the line, staying home wins on pure price; quality, waits and urgency are separate calls — see the MCI index above.

Breast cancer in other cities

Imported

The same care market across the registry — cheapest entry first. Cheapest ≠ best: the MCI column grades each market as its data lands.

City Options priced From MCI Specialists
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 6 $4 12
Istanbul Turkey 5 $10 26
Ankara Turkey 5 $10 9
Antalya Turkey 5 $10 3
İzmir Turkey 5 $10 3
Bursa Turkey 5 $10 1
Kocaeli Turkey 5 $10 1
Hue Vietnam 2 $13 1

Cheapest entry price per city with the size of its priced treatment menu and specialist density — countable signals only, "—" is never guessed.

Hospitals & clinics in New Taipei

Best first

The best hospitals first — Newsweek World's Best national top 10 lead, then our connected-chain grade. Re-rank by rating or reviews.

Who gets breast cancer

Verified

Scale of the condition from the global cancer registry — context for why this care market exists.

New cases

2.3M

worldwide in 2022 — the most common cancer in women · IARC GLOBOCAN 2022

Deaths

666,000

worldwide in 2022 · IARC GLOBOCAN 2022

Share of cancers in women

23.8%

of all new cancer cases in women, 2022 · IARC GLOBOCAN 2022

Second opinion first — before you commit

Imported

Having your existing diagnosis re-read here is the cheapest way to test a hospital's quality before booking anything. Prices land per hospital with sources — never estimated.

A second opinion changes the plan often enough that specialists expect to be asked for one — it's a normal request, not an insult. Remote-review prices are being collected per hospital.

The care pathway

Modeled preview

How the treatment decision is typically made for this condition — your specialist confirms the path for your case.

  1. 1

    See the right specialist

    Care for breast cancer starts with a specialist, who confirms the diagnosis and plans the next steps.

  2. 2

    Diagnosis & tests

    The diagnosis is confirmed with Breast Cancer X-ray Screening (Mammogram), Stereotactic Breast Biopsy or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which also show how far it has progressed (staging).

  3. 3

    Treatment options

    Options include Breast Reconstruction Surgery, Hormonal Therapy (Endocrine Therapy for breast, prostate, thyroid cancers), Hormonal Therapy for Breast Cancer, Reconstructive Surgery (e.g., breast prostheses), Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy or Immunotherapy — weighed on outcome, downtime, risk and total cost. See the priced menu and decision factors below.

  4. 4

    Treatment

    The chosen treatment plan is carried out — every option below links to its own price page with a recovery timeline.

  5. 5

    Follow-up & monitoring

    Scheduled scans and check-ups confirm the result and catch any recurrence early; remote follow-up is common for international patients.

Framework pathway modeled by field — per-condition clinical pathways replace it as they're sourced.

Who you'll see — the care team

Imported

Specialist types by pathway phase — never named individuals — with real consultation fees where we hold them. Each links to its own price page.

Fees are city-level consultation ranges from our specialist registry (imported, re-verified over time). Doctors are hospital attributes — you choose the provider on its hospital page, never a named individual here.

Choosing between the options

Modeled preview

What actually decides between the treatments above — and the checklist an expert would put to the specialist.

Decision factors

  • 1How advanced the condition is — stage or severity narrows the menu first
  • 2Your goal: cure, control, symptom relief or appearance
  • 3Downtime you can afford — the options below differ by weeks
  • 4Total cost with travel and follow-up, not just the sticker price
  • 5Tumor biology — some options only work for specific types

Ask the specialist

  1. 1Will my case be reviewed by a multidisciplinary tumor board?
  2. 2How many of this exact procedure did you perform last year?
  3. 3What is your complication and revision rate for it?
  4. 4What anesthesia will be used, and who administers it?
  5. 5Who manages my aftercare once I fly home, and how?
  6. 6What exactly is included in the quoted price — and what isn't?

A planning frame — suitability is always the specialist's call.

Taiwan for medical travel — safety, recourse & visa

Sourced Full Taiwan guide →

What matters if it goes wrong, and what it takes to get there — country-level, verifiable guidance in one place.

Visa
Tiered visa-free entry by nationality (Bureau of Consular Affairs, BOCA): 90 days for ~57 countries (most of the EU, US, UK, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Israel and others); 30 days for Malaysia, Singapore and several Caribbean/Central American states; 14 days for Oman; a running trial 14-day visa-free scheme for Thailand, Brunei and the Philippines (through 2027-07-31). All other nationalities require a visa. British and Canadian nationals can extend their 90-day visa-free stay by a further 90 days (max 180 days total). Confirm your nationality's current rule before travelling.
Medical / long-stay visa
Taiwan has a DEDICATED short-term medical-treatment stay-visa ('外籍人士來台短期就醫申請停留簽證', BOCA's foreign-nationals stay-visa category #13), distinct from tourism/business visas — a materially stronger, more explicit medical-visa regime than Turkey's (which has none). Eligibility is gated on two conditions: the treated condition must be on MOHW's published list of diseases eligible for foreign/PRC-resident treatment in Taiwan, and treatment must be at one of MOHW's published 'International Medical Service Internationalization' member institutions (mostly in Taipei). Requirements: proof of funds or a payment agreement with the Taiwan institution, a diagnosis certificate from a foreign hospital, a treatment plan from the Taiwan institution, and a round-trip ticket. Up to 2 accompanying persons are allowed (spouse/relative within the 3rd degree, or 2 home-country medical staff); emergency medical visas can be filed directly by the Taiwan medical institution with BOCA.
Traveller safety
Very safe for visitors
Legal recourse
Established malpractice recourse
Insurance
Medical-travel & complication cover widely available
International patients
Hospitals accustomed to international patients

General guidance from public sources — confirm current rules for your nationality. Verified against: BOCA — Visa-exempt entry into Taiwan · BOCA — Short-term medical-treatment stay-visa.

Medical Travel Cost Condition Index

MCI · Method 1.3 Methodology →

One comparable grade for this city's care market for the diagnosis — treatment coverage, price, evidence, choice and provider trust on the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.

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100% of the formula backed by data

  • Treatment coverage 23 Imported 3 of 13 options priced · share of this condition's treatment menu priced here
  • Price competitiveness 8 Imported cheaper than 8% of cities · vs 39 cities treating this condition · 8th percentile
  • Price evidence 58.33333333333333 ✓ Verified 3 priced options · sourced/verified prices behind the treatment menu
  • Provider choice 24 Imported 2 clinics · specialty providers in this city
  • Provider trust 61 Our index 61/100 top · best provider's Trust Index

Same method as every page in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.

Specialists & related conditions

Directory

Who treats breast cancer, and nearby diagnoses in the same field.

Dots carry the lens colors — teal opens a specialist page, red another condition, both priced for New Taipei.

Common questions

Sourced + modeled

Short answers built from the numbers on this page — costs, pathway, providers and verification.

How much does breast cancer treatment cost in New Taipei?

3 treatment options are priced here, starting from ≈ $680 for the cheapest single treatment and ranging up to ≈ $43,300 depending on the option. Most patients follow one pathway — the options are never summed.

What does breast cancer diagnosis cost in New Taipei?

Diagnosis comes before any treatment decision: 2 of the 5 typical work-up items are priced here (specialist consultation, imaging, biopsy), together ≈ $688–$781 if your work-up needs every priced step. Items we haven't priced yet are listed without numbers.

Is it worth flying to New Taipei for breast cancer treatment?

Purely on price: flying starts to pay off when your quote at home exceeds the price here plus trip costs. For the cheapest priced option (Radiation Therapy) that's ≈ $8,390 all-in from United States — a modeled 5-night trip estimate, not a quote. Quality and urgency are separate calls — see the MCI index and care team on this page.

Which treatment will I actually need?

That's a specialist's call after diagnosis and staging — the care pathway below shows how the decision is made. Each option links to its own price page with recovery details.

Who treats breast cancer in New Taipei?

2 cancer treatment (oncology) and multi-specialty providers are listed for New Taipei, with a top Trust Index of 61. We list them as a directory — availability is confirmed on each hospital's page.

Are these prices verified?

1 of the 3 priced options are manually verified against a published source; the rest are labeled imported until checked.

Is it safe to be treated in Taiwan?

Very safe for visitors for visitors, and established malpractice recourse. Hospital-level signals (accreditation, Trust Index) are per provider — see the directory below.

Data & sources

40% verified Methodology →

How much of this page is verified data — every section carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.

62%
data confidence · High
Verified facts40%
Page filled90%
All 10 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more
  • Treatment prices· 3 of 13 options ✓ Verified
  • Cross-city comparison· 39 priced Imported
  • Provider directory· 2 clinics Imported
  • Care pathway & decision factors· sourced per-condition ✓ Verified
  • Stage → cost map· TNM (AJCC), commonly grouped as stage 0–IV Modeled
  • Diagnosis price basket· 2 of 5 priced Imported
  • Prevalence & guidelines· IARC GLOBOCAN 2022 ✓ Verified
  • Second opinion & fly-or-stay math· trip model from United States Modeled
  • Outcome benchmarks· slots ready — feed the Index Not yet collected
  • Visa & travel guidance ✓ Verified

Every field is tagged by source state. "Verified" = sourced and checked; "Imported" = real data pending re-verification; "Modeled" = deterministic placeholder for this preview; "Not yet collected" = on our roadmap. Confidence feeds the Medical Travel Cost Index.

Clinical practice guidelines — who sets the treatment standard

  • NCCN (US) — Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology — Breast Cancer · updated annually Reference
  • ESMO (Europe) — Clinical Practice Guidelines — early & metastatic breast cancer Reference
  • NICE (UK) — NG101 — Early and locally advanced breast cancer Reference

Cited as the bodies that define the standard of care — we never summarize guidelines into medical advice.