Best Hospitals for Brain Cancer treatment in the World 2024

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.

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.

Medicana Ataşehir Hospital is one of the multispecialty hospitals of Medicana Group of Hospitals in Turkey. It comprises 12 modern clinics and employs over 3,500 medical personnel following world’s standards of treatment.

Medicana Ataşehir Hospital meets quality and service standards of the Turkish Ministry of Health and the Joint Commission International (JCI).

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.

The preliminary brain cancer happens seldom because usually it is about cancer metastases from the other body parts. The network of Asklepios medical centers is engaged into all known medical activities, being one of the most prestigious all over Germany. It provides the efficient diagnostics and the treatment of the malignant tumor process of any location and stage.

Asklepios medical holding is considered to be the leader in brain cancer treatment methods development, the hospitals are equipped by high-end class. The surgeries are held by the leading professionals of the country, such as Dr. med. Axel Stang and Prof. Dr. med. Paul Kremer, who is the Head of Department for Neurosurgery at Asklepios Klinik Nord.

• Surgical removal of tumor, i.e. optimal treatment method. The basic neurosurgical access is applied as a rule, which decreases the risk to miss the metastases and helps to remove the neoplasm totally;
• The minimal invasive endoscopic methods of removal, radiologic surgery (Gamma Knife) and other innovative methods are applied for small tumors of slow growth;
• The radiotherapy and chemotherapy are applied to prevent the relapse after the surgery.

• 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%).

Memorial Hospital in Ankara (Memorial Ankara Hastanesi) is one of the largest private hospitals in the Turkish capital.

Memorial Ankara Hospital specializes in cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, medical oncology, and orthopedics.

Heart surgeries are performed through a thin catheter, without incisions in the thorax. Radiotherapy of tumors is carried out on TrueBeam STx and Elekta Versa HD devices of the last generation.

Memorial in Ankara is awarded by JCI, an international certificate that confirms treatment quality.

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.

Treatment of brain cancer at Solingen Center is conducted by doctors of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Radiology Departments. The leading specialists from other German clinics are invited for development of complex treatment and consultations.

Special system of computerized navigation and intraoperative MRI are used for removal of brain tumors. During an operation endoscopic and microsurgical methods are applied for removal of malignant tumors with maximum success rate.