I think you could call this article the (North) European way of cancer treatment, since overall the healthcare systems and standards are pretty comparable in most of European countries (with the exception of some new member states and a few southern countries). In fact, as a EU citizen your public health insurance card will even cover treatment in other member states in some cases, although "health tourism" is in general not possible (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Health_Insurance_Car...). Personally I lived in Paris for three years and always tried to go back to Germany to see a doctor (which rarely happens) since I perceived the hygienic standards at hospitals and private practices to be a bit lower than in Germany, but maybe I'm a bit biased there as a German ;)