Best Hospitals for Brain Cancer treatment in the World 2024

• Prof. Mustafa Kemal Hamamcioglu is a leading neurosurgeon at Liv. He specializes in surgical treatment of brain tumors. The doctor practiced in British, American, and Turkish medical facilities to improve his skills. Submit a request to get a consultation with Prof. Mustafa Kemal Hamamcioglu.
• Liv hospital is one among few hospitals in Turkey where the latest TrueBeam STx is applied to irradiate brain cancer tumor. It affects the neoplasm with minimal affecting healthy tissues.
• About 260 neuro-surgeries are performed annually at Liv. Their average success rate is 91% (the average index in Turkey is 81%).

Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals is at the forefront of modern medicine and surgery in Turkey having been founded in 1989 as the first hospital for cardiovascular diseases in the region under the aegis of the Turkish Society of Cardiology. 

All facilities are JCI and ISO accredited. Additionally, Istanbul FNH was also awarded Sign of the City in 2014 and British QHA accreditation in 2015.

Today, there are 4 general hospitals, 2 medical centers, as well as Demiroglu Bilim University which has a medical faculty, a school of nursing and a vocational school of healthcare.

The Group has maintained its reputation for excellence by combining expertise with the highest caliber of staff and healthcare innovation to ensure that each and every patient receives the best care possible.

An American-based international non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits healthcare institutions has given Florence Nightingale the global “Gold seal” for inpatient care and safety of the highest level.

Valued Med Hub Hospitals is a private multi-specialty medical center located in Istanbul, Turkey. The team specializes in neurosurgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, organ transplant, and plastic surgery. Valued Med Hub Hospitals  serves both adults and children. Patients from Europe & Commonwealth, CIS countries, and Arab League States visit the clinic most often.

Memorial Antalya Hospital is a private multidisciplinary hospital in Turkey. It specializes in medical and radiation oncology, general, plastic, and reconstruction surgery. Memorial Antalya Hospital meets international standards of quality and safety according to the JCI (Joint Commission International), an authoritative organization evaluating world-class medical centers.

Nordwest Krankenhaus is a multi specialized medical institution, a leading hospital in Germany due to development of innovations, such as 3D ultrasound, anticancer vaccines in targeted therapy. It comprises 5 research institutes and 11 specialized centers.

Istinye University Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir is a multidisciplinary medical facility based in Istanbul, a member of Liv Hospital Group.

The organ transplant, cancer treatment, neurosurgery, and urology are the leading specialties at Istinye. 

The local hospital staff provides patients with premium and luxury medical services.

• Prof. Serdar Baki Albayrak is a top neurosurgeon in Medical Park. He performs 300 brain and spinal cord surgeries annually. So the doctor has vast experience in brain cancer treatment. The Professor studied in the University of Helsinki (Finland) and Harvard University (USA). The doctor operates adults and children even in severe conditions applying microsurgery and radiotherapy. If you want to have a consultation with this doctor, specify it in your request.
• Medical Park is one of the largest medical networks in Turkey that consists of 30 centers that shorten waiting time.
• The hospitals are accredited by JCI (Joint Commission International), the world-renown organization for medical centers assessment.

For surgical treatment of brain cancer in children, minimally invasive methods are used in San Joan Hospital. Endoscopic and microsurgical operations are conducted on brain under control of neuronavigation. During a removal of malignant tumor, magnetic resonance map of little patient’s brain is applied. This map allows neurosurgeons detecting a localization of tumor and tracking moving of instruments. With neuronavigation it is possible to completely remove a brain tumor.

What are the treatment techniques in Assuta?

Depending on the type of brain tumor and its stage, the following techniques of treatment can be selected:

• The surgery, which is carried out by means of craniotomy, i.e. the process of opening the skull for the full or partial removal of the tumor.
• Bypass, i.e. the introduction of the tube to the head for redirection of the brain fluid, that is accumulated in the brain, to other areas of the body.
• Stereotactic radiosurgery that begins with the definition of the tumor's location by MRI and the following exposure of the pathological focus.
• Concentrated high intensity radiation is directed at the tumor from different angles. It is realized by means of the Cyber-Knife System, Gamma-Knife System, a linear accelerator.
• Radiation therapy can be appointed after surgery to destroy any remaining cancer cells. It affects only the abnormal cells.
• Chemotherapy is used as an independent or an additional method of therapy.