Help needed: Slovene pianist seeks treatment in Israel
NewsThe Slovenian pianist Sabina Svigelj, 32, is desperately ill with Mucosal Melanoma. She needs to raise $75,000 for advanced treatment in Sheba hospital in Tel Aviv.
She is halfway there.
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Sabina writes: My treatment since January 2023 involved operation, immunotherapy and radiation as well as a pill therapy which are standard procedure for Melanoma but, with ups and downs, the treatment was not successful.
In the last month, when the cancer grew again (stronger), I traveled through Europe to get treatment options and second opinions. World renowned doctors & scientists for Melanoma see the TIL therapy as the best and only option to beat this disease. Since in Europe there are no current TIL Therapy clinical trials, I had to seek the treatment somewhere else and found the possibility for the immediate TIL Therapy in Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv.
I am modestly asking for Your contribution for this treatment as it gives me a fighting chance and opportunity to continue with life and perhaps building a family on my own, to further teach piano and spread the love for classical music.
TIL therapy in the USA costs over $500 thousand per patient. She seems to be getting a bargain price, or perhaps she is using a lot of her own funds. Best wishes for her.
So basically it is unavailable to the vast majority of Americans. I cannot imagine most insurers springing for this — you don’t need it till you have the melanoma, which becomes a pre-existing condition.
I know other countries charge something for health care, but I think the US is the only one in which health care is a business first — and very much foremost — and not a service.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-groundbreaking-treatment-advanced-melanoma-rcna138005
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