
Ke ʻimi nei kēia alakaʻi piha i nā koho no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi a me ka maikaʻi, e kālele ana i nā mea e hoʻohuli ai kūʻai kūʻai maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanulau. E nānā mākou i nā ala lapaʻau, noʻonoʻo i ka wahi, a me nā kumuwaiwai e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i kēia hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi.
He ʻokoʻa ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa ma muli o kekahi mau kumu. Hoʻopili kēia i ka pae o ka maʻi kanesa, ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana (ka ʻoki ʻana, ka chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy), ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana, a me ke ʻano kumu kūʻai o ka hale. He kuleana koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ka wahi ʻāina, me ka ʻokoʻa ʻana o nā kumukūʻai lapaʻau ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kuaʻāina, a ma waena o nā mokuʻāina. Hiki i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻinikua a me nā polokalamu kōkua kālā hoʻomanawanui ke hoʻopilikia nui i nā lilo o waho.
ʻO nā ʻano lapaʻau like ʻole e lawe i nā hōʻailona kumu kūʻai like ʻole. ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, hiki ke pipiʻi ma muli o ka noho ʻana i ka haukapila, anesthesia, a me nā uku ʻoki. ʻO ka Chemotherapy a me ka radiation therapy e pili ana i nā kau he nui, e loaʻa ana kēlā me kēia i nā kumukūʻai no ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ka hoʻokele, a me nā uku hale. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia a me nā immunotherapies, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā ala pilikino, hiki ke kūʻai nui ʻia ma muli o ke ʻano holomua o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau.
He mea nui ka noiʻi ʻana. E hoʻomaka ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kāu oncologist e hoʻomaopopo i kāu maʻi kikoʻī a me nā koho lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i kahi kuhi pilikino o nā kumukūʻai a ʻimi i nā ala kūpono no ke kōkua kālā. Nā pūnaewele e like me ka National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov/) a me ka American Cancer Society (https://www.cancer.org/) hāʻawi i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa a me nā kumuwaiwai no nā maʻi.
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o ka wahi o ka hale. Loaʻa paha nā kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa haʻahaʻa ma nā kuaʻāina akā hiki ke kaupalena ʻia ke komo ʻana i nā lapaʻau kūikawā. Hāʻawi pinepine nā kikowaena kūlanakauhale i kahi ākea ākea akā ma nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe. E noiʻi i ka inoa a me ka ʻae ʻia o nā kikowaena lapaʻau kūpono. E ʻimi i nā keʻena me kahi moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia o ka kūleʻa a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka maʻi.
Nui nā hui e hāʻawi i nā papahana kōkua kālā e kōkua i nā poʻe maʻi e loaʻa i ka mālama maʻi maʻi. Hiki i kēia mau papahana ke uhi i kahi ʻāpana a i ʻole nā koina lapaʻau āpau, e pili ana i nā kūlana o kēlā me kēia. Hiki i kāu keʻena oncologist a i ʻole kahi hui kākoʻo maʻi maʻi kūloko ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā kumuwaiwai i loaʻa. E nīnau mau e pili ana i nā uku ho'ēmi a i ʻole nā papahana uku i hāʻawi ʻia e ke kikowaena lapaʻau ponoʻī.
ʻOiai he kumu koʻikoʻi ke kumukūʻai, ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia wale nō ka mea e koho ai i kahi kikowaena lapaʻau. E hoʻokahua i nā hale hana me ka inoa ikaika, nā oncologists ʻike, ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe, a me nā uku hoʻomanawanui kiʻekiʻe. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke koho ʻoi aku ke kumu kūʻai inā hoʻololi ʻia ka maikaʻi o ka mālama.
Mai hoʻokaʻulua e kūkākūkā i nā koho uku a e kūkākūkā i nā kumukūʻai me ke kikowaena lapaʻau. Nui nā ʻoihana e makemake e hana pū me nā maʻi e hana i nā hoʻolālā uku hoʻokele a i ʻole e ʻimi i nā koho no ke kōkua kālā. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāu mau pilikia kālā a nīnau e pili ana i nā kumuwaiwai āpau.
| ʻAno Lapaʻau | Kaulana Kumukuai Manaʻo (USD) |
|---|---|
| ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana | $50,000 - $150,000+ |
| Kemoterapi | $10,000 - $50,000+ |
| Lapaʻau Radiation | $5,000 - $30,000+ |
| ʻO ka Lapaʻau Kūlohelohe | $10,000 - $100,000+ i kēlā me kēia makahiki |
| Immunotherapy | $10,000 - $150,000+ i kēlā me kēia makahiki |
'Ōlelo Aʻo: He hōʻailona koʻikoʻi kēia a hiki ke loli nui ma muli o ke kūlana a me ka wahi. E kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola no nā koho kumukūʻai pololei.
E hoʻomanaʻo, e ʻimi mau i ka manaʻo ʻelua. Ma ke kaupaona pono ʻana i nā kumukūʻai, ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana, a me nā kōkua kālā e loaʻa ana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kāu maʻi kanesa.
No ka ʻike hou aku a me nā koho lapaʻau papa honua, e noʻonoʻo e ʻimi i nā kumuwaiwai i loaʻa ma Shandong Baofa Cancer Research Institute.