CANCER CENTER
Acıbadem Healthcare Group, providing infrastructure for early diagnosis and treatment in cancer, offers scientific, modern and humanitarian solutions in fighting against cancer. Acıbadem is known to be a reference Center in region for cancer treatment. Modern Cancer treatment in Acıbadem is done in a multidisciplinary manner where physicians from related departments get together.
A. Screenings
Mammography, colonoscopy and prostate screening in breast, colon-rectum, prostate and uterine cancers, genetic screenings, PET (Positron Emission Tomography), PET CT (is known to be the best equipment to screen the cancer) are offered.
3 Tesla introoperative MR ( The whole body 3-Tesla MR shortens the imaging time, especially in brain operations, where the surgeon can examine the operation area under sterile conditions without awakening the Patient from anaesthesia and closing the area at any time needed)
B. Surgery
In cases that require surgery, the tumor is removed through a collaboration of all related surgical specıaltıes (general surgery, thoracic surgery, brain surgery, urology, ear-nose-throat, gynecology, plastic surgery etc).
C. Medical Oncology
Under the framework of a multidisciplinary approach, in all solid tumors (epithelial and soft tissue), lymphoma and multiple myeloma, medical treatment (chemotheraphy, biotheraphy, and immunotheraphy) is provided (orally, systematically and regionally) by specialist physıcıans and specially- trained nurses.
D. Radiation Oncology
This service is offered at Acıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital.
. Simulation
. Linear Accelerators
. IMRT (3-dimensional radiotherapy)
. Brachytherapy (placement of radioactive seeds inside the tumored tissue)
. Gamma Knife (gold standard which provides non-surgical, painless and knifeless brain tumor treatment)
Tumor Councils
Recently diagnosed cancer cases from different departments are submitted to this committee for further evaluation by a multi-disciplinary team of experts. Breast, thyroid, tumor councils comprising of oncology, radiology and pathology specialists.
Techniques that are used in ASG Hospital include:
Three-dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Brachytherapy
Ultrasound-guided Transperineal Prostate Implant
Three-dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) allow radiation beams increase the radiation dose the tumor and target, shape the volume of tumor- target while keeping normal tissue dose under the tolerance level. It is very useful in the treatment of head and neck, brain, pancreas, biliary tract and prostate, and pediatric cancers which they are surrounding normal tissues very sensitive the irradiation. Conventional radiotherapy does not permit to increase radiation dose to curative level in this cancers without damaging surrounding healthy organs.
Brachytherapy utilized in the treatment of prostate, gynecological, breast and head/ neck and other selected cancers.
Radiation Oncology Department has 2 linear accelerator which one of them decorated with millennium dynamic MLC, ECLIPS- HELIOS radiotherapy planning machine, portal imaging system, high dose rate brachytherapy machine, conventional simulator and sophisticated dosimetry system to assure high quality assurance level. Furthermore imaging devices such as CT, MRI and PET are very important to achieve precise radiotherapy planning. Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital has CT, 3 tesla MR and PET has connections with Radiation Oncology network (VARIS) and treatment planning device (ECLIPS - HELIOS).
Acibadem Health Group has a dedicated team to help and assistance for patients come from abroad.
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