Professor Fabio Ciceri is the Head of the Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit at San Raffaele Research Hospital and the Blood Transfusion Centre. He has over 180 papers published and has held various Medical and Teaching positions since 1989. He is a member of multiple organizations related to Hematology and was awarded a Merit Recognition Award at the University of Ferrara. He is a Principal Investigator in Cell and Gene Therapy clinical trials for haematological cancers, immune-deficiencies, and neuromuscular disorder.
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While choosing the best medical center for () transplant, pay attention to such factors:
It can be a little stressful for people who face the choice of the best hospital for transplant. As far as the success of the procedure and somebody's life can depend on their choice. Bookimed has already helped hundreds of patients who needed a transplant, and we know all the details regarding the process, donor's searching, documents processing, pros and cons of every country and medical center. If you want to find the most suitable medical center in your case, submit a request on Bookimed. Our medical coordinator will answer all your questions and help with hospital and doctor searching. Our consultation is absolutely free.
Bone m transplant centers in Turkey work following international medical standards. Some of them have received a certificate from the European Group for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation (E). It confirms a high level of doctors' qualification, medical equipment of laboratories and units.
The main benefit of transplant in Turkey is affordable price without quality loss. The cost of the procedure is 1.5-3 times lower than in Europe or Israel. This is explained by different general price policies for medical services in these countries.
A top specialist for transplant in Turkey is Dr. Zafer Gülbaş working at Anadolu Medical Center. He has over 30 years in onco-hematology. The doctor practiced in the USA, Canada, and Israel.
Bookimed cooperates with Israeli hospitals that have over 2,000 s on their account. This makes Israeli onco-hematologists one of the most experienced in the world.
There is no age restriction for international patients to perform transplant. One of the best hospitals for children is Hadassah Medical Center, where over 1,500 stem cell transplants have been carried out to children.
The cost of in Israel is 2-2.5 higher than in Turkey
Germany is considered one of the most developed countries to treat severe diseases, including disorders related to the blood pathologies. Experienced doctors included to the rankings of top specialists according to the Focus magazine and Leading Medicine medical site perform transplant in Germany. The rankings are based on treatment effectiveness and patient reviews.
The cost of in Germany is 1.5 times higher than in Israel, and 2-4 times than in Turkey. German hospitals do not accept children to perform a transplant.
The hospitals listed on this page show about the same high-level statistics. However, according to Bookimed patient reviews, the best centers for transplant are:
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The speed of arrangement in hospitals depends on many factors. Among the key ones are:
If there is no extra issues, the treatment can be arranged within 2-14 days after request on Bookimed website.
First of all, you choose the hospital for a transplant, and then a doctor decides whether unrelated allogeneic is suitable for you. If yes, the doctor initiates the searching for a donor in a local donor bank, and then (if necessary) in the world’s donor bank.
The searching may take from several weeks to months. When a suitable donor is found, it takes about 2 weeks to make all medical tests. Then, a donor's material is sent to a hospital.
Note that searching for a donor can increase the total transplant cost by about $10,000.
A transplant is not a surgery!
The procedure is very similar to blood transfusion. Let's consider its steps.
Before the procedure, a patient stays in a special sterile room called box to avoid infections. The transplant is performed after the special preparation — a patient undergoes chemo or radiotherapy to destroy cancer cells and avoid the rejection.
Not every hospital in the world is ready to conduct a pediatric transplant. However, there are some hospitals, where little patients can undergo the procedure with a high success rate. Among them are Hadassah Medical Center (Israel), Sourasky Medical Center (Israel), Sant Joan de Deu (Spain), Memorial Medical Center (Turkey), Medipol Medical Center (Turkey), San Raffaele Ospedale (Italy), etc.
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The cost of a transplant procedure depends on the following factors:
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