Cancer treatment in Turkey
Here you will find most technologically advanced cancer hospitals in Turkey
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Focus of treatment:
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Adrenal cancer
- Aggressive t-cell lymphoma
- Appendix cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Breast cancer
- Burkitt lymphoma
- Cancer of the bladder neck
- Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP)
- CAR T-cell therapy
- Cervical cancer
- Cervical paraganglioma
- Chemoembolization
- Chemotherapy
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor)
- Choriocarcinoma
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Clear cell renal carcinoma
- Colon cancer
- Dermatofibrosarcoma
- Duodenal cancer
- Ear cancer
- Endometrial cancer (uterine cancer)
- Esophageal cancer
- Ewing sarcoma
- Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors
- Giant cell fibroblastoma (gcf)
- Glioblastoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Infantile fibrosarcoma
- Jaw cancer
- Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
- Kidney cancer (renal cell cancer)
- Laryngeal cancer
- Liver cancer
- Liver metastases
- Lung cancer
- Mediastinal tumor
- Melanoma
- Mesothelioma
- Metastatic prostate cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Nasopharyngeal cancer
- Nephroblastoma (wilms tumor)
- Neuroblastoma (ganglioneuroblastoma)
- Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs)
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Oral cancer
- Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma
- Oropharyngeal cancer
- Osteosarcoma
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian polyembryoma
- Ovarian teratoma
- Pancreatic cancer
- Parotid gland cancer
- Penis cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Pulmonary lymphoma
- Rectal cancer
- Retinoblastoma
- Salivary gland cancer
- Skin cancer
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Stomach cancer
- T-cell lymphoma
- Testicular cancer
- Testicular embryonal carcinoma
- Testicular seminoma
- Testicular teratoma
- Thymus cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid lymphoma
- Tonsil cancer
- Tracheal cancer
- Ureteral cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Vulvar cancer Show more
Department of Oncology
The Department of Oncology ranks among the leading cancer centers in Turkey. The department specializes in the treatment of lung, breast, stomach, pancreatic, colorectal, prostate cancer, etc. For the diagnostics and treatment, the department has at its disposal all methods of the modern evidence-based medicine. The department b
Department of Oncology
The Department of Oncology offers diagnostics and treatment of the full range of malignant diseases. The department specializes in the treatment of lung, breast, prostate, stomach and other abdominal cancers, etc. The department offers the full spectrum of treatments, ranging from conservative therapy with the chemotherapeutic d
Department of Oncology and Radiation Oncology
The Department of Oncology and Radiation Oncology offers the full range of medical services for prevention, diagnostics, treatment and follow-up monitoring of cancer patients. The doctors of the clinical practice mostly use such treatment methods as surgical resection (if possible, laparoscopic and robot-assisted), various chemo
Department of Oncology
The Department of Oncology offers the full range of high-quality medical services for prevention, diagnostics and treatment of malignant tumors of various localization. With the advanced conservative and surgical methods of cancer treatment, the department has the status of one of the leading in Turkey, and is also known for its
Department of Adult and Pediatric Oncology, Radiation Oncology
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Oncology, Radiation Oncology offers the full range of medical services for the prevention, diagnostics and treatment of various types of cancer. To achieve successful treatment results, the department's highly qualified team of doctors has in its arsenal vast experience in the treatment
Department of Adult and Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Radiation Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplant
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Radiation Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplant offers diagnostics and comprehensive treatment of the full range of oncological diseases, as well as benign and malignant blood diseases in children and adults. The department is an interdisciplinary center, which treats pati
Department of Oncology
The Department of Oncology offers all the options of modern medicine for the diagnostics and treatment of cancer lesions of various organs and anatomical structures of the human body. The patients with incurable stages of cancer receive effective palliative care for the alleviation of symptoms and improvement of quality of life.
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Cancer treatment in Turkey is very effective because many hospitals in Turkey are equipped with the modern Da Vinci robotic system, Gamma Knife, and Cyberknife systems. This makes it possible to perform the most difficult procedures for cancer treatment.
The most frequent types of cancer are breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. They can be successfully treated in any multidisciplinary oncology clinic in Turkey.
In addition to experienced surgeons, Turkey has low prices for treatment. Even in the most elite clinic of Turkey you can get treatment at a low cost.
Cancer treatment in Turkey – what is the advantage of Turkish oncologists?
The outcome of cancer treatment depends on the available cancer treatment methods and the resources of the human body. If a tumor is detected at the first or second stage, the probability of survival reaches 95%. Unfortunately, doctors often diagnose advanced cancer cases when it is already extensive and difficult to treat. Late treatment start is one of the essential causes of high mortality in patients with cancer.
The problem is that people do not pay due attention to regular preventive and screening examinations, and accurate diagnostics of cancer takes quite a long time. In addition, one of the significant problems in many countries is the lack of advanced cancer control methods and technologies that are available in the developed countries.
The key to long life after a precise diagnosis making is comprehensive cancer treatment in Turkey, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and further maintenance therapy.
Benefits of cancer treatment in Turkey
Cancer treatment in Turkey combines innovative methods with adequate and affordable prices of medical associations. In Turkey, hospitals do not change their prices for foreign patients. Given the statistics of the last decade, the country was in the five of leaders in medical tourism that has successfully provided treatment to thousands of foreign citizens with cancer.
Thanks to public funding (10% of the budget of Turkey is allocated to the health sector) and active investment in the development of medicine, medical oncology institutions were able to reach a new level of therapy and to meet international standards. The country has 48 hospitals that are certified by JCI accreditation, i.e. Joint Commission International.
The rank of hospitals provides a guarantee for:
- High level service during cancer treatment in Turkey, which corresponds to the leading hospitals of the USA.
- Management of patients in accordance with international guidelines and protocols, availability of all necessary resources.
- Reasonable treatment costs and prices for the related services.
- Absence of language barrier, as medical centers have staff that speaks different languages or offer interpreters.
The quality of the cancer treatment in Turkey is controlled strictly. All patients in hospitals of Turkey are protected by the legislation of the country during undergoing diagnostics and treatment of cancer in Turkey. Wrong treatment choices can cost too much. In Turkey, you will be treated with the absolute care, as the country esteems its reputation very high and any mistake can cost a medical license.
The development of medical science is not standing still. World medical centers and leading specialists implement into practice innovative methods of cancer treatment in Turkey. Prices for the innovative techniques may be somewhat higher, but their effectiveness is worth it.
Breast cancer diagnostics in Turkey
For patients with breast cancer, the timely start of treatment is important. Breast cancer can be both asymptomatic and quite aggressive. Nevertheless, the breast cancer is not a sentence. There are innovative methods of surgery treating breast cancer that help a patient with oncology maintain his life resources and stay in a good form.
As a rule, breast cancer is first discovered as an abnormality on a mammogram, before the patient feels any discomfort. For the breast cancer diagnosis you need:
- Physical examination
- Breast cancer ultrasound and mammography in Turkey
- Breast cancer biopsy in Turkey (including vacuum breast biopsy)
Early diagnostic of breast cancer remains the essential part of the successful treatment of breast cancer. Therefore, it is very important to regularly undergo an examination, which should include:
- Self-examination of the mammary gland
- Breast examination by a doctor
- Mammography
- Ultrasound sonography
- Magnetic resonance imaging (if doctor suspects breast cancer and its spreading)
- Biopsy (in suspected breast cancer)
Mammalogy in Turkey has achieved unimaginable successes in the breast cancer diagnostics and breast cancer treatment. The medical tourism company Booking Health will help you organize your cancer treatment in Turkey, providing patients with a competent and quick breast cancer diagnostics and therapy. Specialists of the company will accompany you during the entire cancer treatment process. If you want to undergo cancer treatment in Istanbul or any other city in Turkey, it is better to use the services and resources of Booking Health. Istanbul is not only the historical capital of the country, but also a medical tourism center.
Timely diagnostics and breast cancer treatment in Turkey will significantly increase the recovery chances and shorten the breast cancer treatment period. It is competent breast cancer diagnostics that is a priority in the work of Istanbul doctors. Booking Health cooperates with the best hospitals in Istanbul and is ready to provide all kinds of assistance in organizing breast cancer treatment in Turkey.
Only in 5-10% of cases cancer is associated with heredity, up to 40% of cases are the consequence of the wrong lifestyle. Therefore, to prevent the disease a person can start from the lifestyle modification, without medical resources: avoid smoking and alcohol consumption, go in for sports and eat healthy food.
Scientists are sure that breast cancer is directly related to the person’s psycho-emotional state. If a person for some reason ceases to see meaning in his life, then his body’s reacts to denial of life with cancer development.
What needs to be done for prostate cancer prevention?
If the doctor suspects that you may have a prostate cancer, he refers you to a specialized hospital to elaborate cancer treatment plan. An oncourologist will conduct an examination. If necessary, your doctor will recommend other types of examinations. All of these will help in prostate cancer diagnostics and cancer treatment.
The main tactics for diagnosing patients with prostate cancer are digital rectal examination, determination of prostatic specific antigen (PSA) level in blood serum and transrectal ultrasound examination (TRUS).
Prostate cancer treatment
A major factor in determining the tactics of prostate cancer treatment is the timely diagnostics of prostate cancer. The difficulty is that symptoms of cancerous and benign lesions of the prostate are similar at the early stages.
That's why it is so important for men to undergo regular comprehensive diagnostic examinations for prevention and early detection of prostate cancer.
Robotic system da Vinci
For a long time the main treatment of prostate cancer, regardless of stage, was an extensive surgery – radical prostatectomy. The intervention is extensive and has serious side effects, including impotence and urinary incontinence. In addition, cost of the surgery and rehabilitation is rather high.
The development of medical science and technology has led to the replacement of conventional prostatectomy with more gentle robotic treatment of prostate cancer on the da Vinci system.
Unfortunately, at the later cancer stages the use of robotic surgery as the primary treatment method for prostate cancer is limited. In such cases, the patient with prostate cancer undergoes an operation in combination with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
CyberKnife: destroying metastases without surgery
The main benefits of the treatment on CyberKnife system are maximum efficiency, minimal invasiveness (no blood, pain and incisions) and better tolerability. This has made the CyberKnife radiosurgical system the main tool in the global practice of treating prostate cancer metastases.
Treatment of prostate cancer metastases on CyberKnife Includes delivering high doses of ionizing radiation particularly to the tumor loci, which leads to the destruction of prostate cancer cells. Healthy prostate cells that are not affected and are protected from radiation. Thereby, they save their cellular resources.
At the later stages prostate cancer often metastasizes. Single and multiple metastases can be removed by means of CyberKnife system and the subsequent chemotherapy. You can find the price of CyberKnife prostate cancer treatment at Booking Health website.
Lung cancer: why do doctors diagnose it so late?
Lung cancer is an aggressive form of oncology. It metastasizes early and does not manifest itself in the beginning. Patients with lung cancer are difficult to treat. However, the lung cancer has determined risk factors, so it can be prevented.
Patients with lung cancer should find a doctor who shares their hope for recovery and will fight the disease with them. Also they may join the lung cancer patient support groups.
Studies have demonstrated that in 90% of lung cancer cases patients were heavy smokers of tobacco. This is the main cause that increases the risk of developing lung cancer by several times. Hundreds of carcinogens are present in tobacco smoke. It damages up to 70% of all genes from the human genome and, importantly, they are able to restore their resources in up to 5 years. Lung cancer is the cost of being a smoker.
Other possible risk factors are exposure to the radioactive gas radon, constant contact with asbestos, inhaling vinyl chloride and coal products, taking excessive amounts of beta carotene, etc.
Diagnostics of lung cancer in Turkey
If the patient complains of symptoms characteristic of lung cancer, he is recommended to undergo X-ray examination and chest CT to determine the diagnosis and, if necessary, cancer treatment tactics. If the visualizing examination reveals suspicious a locus, a doctor recommends a biopsy. Several methods of collecting a sample of suspicious tissue are practiced in hospitals of Turkey. These resources are bronchoscopy, transthoracic biopsy with a needle under CT and endoscopic ultrasound guidance. Cancer treatment in Turkish hospitals also includes a modern molecular analysis of tumors in order to identify known mutations in cancer DNA. Detecting certain mutations influences the choice of systemic treatment – drugs for the targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
Surgical treatment of lung cancer in Turkey
Lung cancer treatment in Turkey is performed by a team of cancer treatment specialists. Surgeons and oncologists give preference to sparing interventions that preserve viable lung tissue.
The first line cancer treatment in Turkey is often surgery:
- Cancer treatment with lung resection. This method is chosen for cancer treatment in Turkey when the tumor is very small or the patient is too weak and will not tolerate more extensive lung cancer surgery.
- Lobectomy. This is a radical method that is practiced in the treatment of lung cancer. When this type of surgical intervention is chosen, a lobe of the lung with the tumor is removed. Bilobectomy involves resection of two lobes of the right lung.
- Pneumonectomy. This is cancer treatment method that includes removing an entire lung.
Authors: Dr. Nadezhda Ivanisova, Dr. Sergey Pashchenko