Induction, consolidation and maintenance phases have to be delivered on schedule. A family that plans only for the first admission usually has to re-plan under pressure.
Treatment guide · Nepal · haematology
Blood cancer treatment in India for Nepali patients
Leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma are treated on protocols that must run without interruption, which is why the practical question for a family in Nepal is not only where to start treatment but where to be able to finish it.
- Protocols must not be interrupted
- Transplant may or may not be part of the plan
- Bone marrow report comes first
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General information for planning, not medical advice. Diagnosis and treatment decisions rest with the treating doctors and hospitals.
Why this needs planning rather than a quick trip
The demanding part is not the chemotherapy — it is supporting a patient with no immune system through the weeks afterwards. Ask what isolation and blood-bank support the unit has.
Whether transplant is needed depends on disease type, risk group and response to initial treatment. Many patients never need it; deciding early is a mistake in either direction.
What treatment usually involves
General description. Your haematologist decides everything.
- 01Bone marrow examination
Aspiration and biopsy with immunophenotyping and cytogenetics. Risk group is assigned from this, and risk group drives the protocol.
- 02Induction chemotherapy
The first and usually most intensive phase, requiring inpatient support.
- 03Consolidation and maintenance
Further cycles over months. Some can be delivered closer to home if the treating team agrees.
- 04Transplant assessment
Where the risk group or response indicates it, HLA typing of siblings and a transplant plan follow.
- 05Supportive care
Transfusion support, antibiotic and antifungal cover, and infection precautions dominate the day-to-day experience.
What moves the cost
- Disease type and risk group
- Protocol intensity and number of cycles
- Length of inpatient stay and isolation days
- Blood and platelet transfusion support
- Infection episodes — the most common reason a bill exceeds an estimate
- Whether transplant becomes part of the plan
We publish no prices on this page. Any figure quoted before a specialist has read your reports is a guess, and a guess is a bad thing to plan a family’s finances around. What we do instead is obtain the hospital’s own written estimate, in its own format, with its assumptions stated — before you decide whether to travel. See how CureYatra handles costs.
What to send us before anything else
Do not attach medical records to the form below. Send a short enquiry first and we will reply with secure sharing instructions and a written consent step.
- Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy report, with immunophenotyping and cytogenetics if done
- Complete blood counts over time, with dates
- Any lymph node biopsy report
- PET-CT or CT scans, with images, for lymphoma
- Record of any chemotherapy already given, with cycles and dates
Case-coordination fee · Nepal
NPR 5,000 per patient, per year — coordination only.
Inclusive of applicable taxes. The first enquiry is free; the fee is requested only when you decide to proceed, together with the reports and record-sharing consent. Every hospital, doctor, medicine, implant, diagnostic and travel charge is separate and paid by you directly to the provider. Terms & Conditions apply.
Questions Nepali families ask
Will my family member need a transplant?
Not necessarily. It depends on the exact diagnosis, the risk group and how the disease responds to initial treatment. Anyone who tells you the answer before seeing the bone marrow report is guessing.
Can we start treatment in Nepal and continue in India?
Sometimes, and it is worth asking the receiving team explicitly, because switching protocols mid-course is not always safe. Send the full record of what has already been given, with dates.
How long should we plan to stay?
Longer than the first admission — plan around the protocol, not around one cycle. Ask the haematologist to write the intended schedule down at the outset.
What about a child with leukaemia?
Paediatric protocols differ from adult ones and are usually delivered by a paediatric haemato-oncology unit. Say the patient's age in your first message so the case goes to the right desk.
What will it cost?
The hospital issues its own written estimate. Because infection episodes and transfusion support are the main variables, ask what the estimate assumes about an uncomplicated course.
Nepal patient desk · direct enquiry
Send your case from Nepal — the first enquiry is free.
Tell us the diagnosis area and how to reach you. A coordinator replies on WhatsApp or email, explains how to share reports securely, and only then are suitable hospitals asked for a written clinical plan and their own estimate.
- The first enquiry costs nothing. The NPR 5,000 annual case-coordination fee is requested only if you decide to proceed.
- No Indian visa for Nepali citizens entering from Nepal, subject to the official identity-document and route conditions.
- Nepali-language coordination, and consultations in English or Hindi.
- You pay the hospital directly against its own written invoice — never CureYatra.
- No hospital, price, timing or treatment outcome is guaranteed here; the hospital’s written documents always prevail.
पहिलो सम्पर्क निःशुल्क छ। रिपोर्ट पठाउनुहोस्, अस्पतालको लिखित उपचार योजना र खर्च अनुमान हामी मगाउँछौं।