


Thyroid cancer Treatment in Memorial Ataşehir Hospital
The medical center is a Bookimed Official Partner. Thus, we arrange treatment for international patients as a hospital representative with no intermediaries and extra charges.
About the clinic
Thyroid cancer treatment at Memorial Ataşehir Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, offers a full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic options. A consultation with a specialist may cost around $130-240, while diagnostics like an MRI are around $600-1,000. Radioiodine therapy for residual cancer costs between $2,500 and $4,500, and definitive surgery ranges from $6,000 to $9,850. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) and led by specialists like Prof. Dr. Ömer Uslukaya, a surgeon with 11 years of experience focusing on thyroid cancer.
Diagnosis and Medical Team
Accurate diagnosis is the first step. Memorial Ataşehir provides comprehensive diagnostic testing. Options include blood tests for TSH, T3, and T4 levels. Advanced imaging such as MRI is available to evaluate the thyroid and surrounding structures. A tissue biopsy, which typically costs around $1,300-2,200, provides a definitive cancer diagnosis. Prof. Dr. Ömer Uslukaya leads the General Surgery Department as a specialist in thyroid cancer treatment. He guides patients through all diagnostic and treatment decisions.
Available Treatment Options
The clinic provides a multidisciplinary approach. This allows for personalized treatment plans. The main treatment methods are:
- Total Thyroidectomy: This surgery removes the entire thyroid gland. It is a definitive treatment for thyroid cancer. The bilateral total thyroidectomy package is around $6,000-8,150. It includes the operation, 1-3 days of hospitalization, and pre-operative consultations.
- Neck Dissection: This procedure removes lymph nodes in the neck. It addresses potential cancer spread. A total thyroidectomy combined with neck dissection typically costs around $9,850. This package includes a 3-day hospital stay and all basic tests.
- Radioiodine Therapy: This nuclear medicine treatment uses oral radioactive iodine (I-131). It specifically targets and destroys remaining thyroid tissue or cancer cells. A standard dose of 150 mCi is used. Therapy may cost around $2,500-4,500. This includes 1-2 days in a special isolation room and a follow-up whole-body scan.
What Treatment Packages Include
Surgical and therapy packages at Memorial Ataşehir are designed for international patients. They often include key services for convenience:
- Surgery or therapy procedure itself.
- Hospitalization for the required duration (1-3 days).
- Standard pre-operative tests and anesthesia consultation.
- Airport transfers and Russian-speaking translator services.
- Hotel booking coordination is also offered as an additional service.
Patients do not need to arrange these logistics separately. This integrated support helps focus on recovery. To explore a personalized treatment plan for thyroid cancer, you can contact the hospital for a detailed consultation.
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Treatments prices in the clinic
| diagnostics | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| MRI of one area | $600 - $1000 | |
| Brain MRI | $700 | |
| Angiography | $800 - $1200 | |
| Biopsy | $1300 - $2200 | |
| Breast biopsy | $1800 |
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hospital accreditation of quality
Memorial Ataşehir Hospital: more details about the clinic
Memorial Atasehir Hospital was established in 2008. It is one of other medical facilities in Memorial Hospitals Group serving 1,600,000 patients from 92 countries annually.
The hospital is located in Atasehir district of Istanbul. The distance to the Ataturk Airport is 48 km.
Advantages of Memorial Atasehir
- The leading organ transplant center. The Organ Transplant Center working on Memorial Atasehir Hospital premises is one of the best in Turkey. According to the hospital data, the success of organ transplant here is 99.5% for the liver and 99% for the kidney.
- Excellent coordination of international patients. The International Department of Memorial Atasehir assists in transfer arrangement, interpreter’s services, accommodation. Its staff accompanies patients during all steps of diagnostics and treatment.
Awards and achievements of Atasehir Memorial
JCI international certificate
Joint Commission International certificate confirms the high quality of medical service and management at Memorial Atasehir.
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Liver transplant
Surgeons of Memorial Atasehir Hospital conduct such types of liver transplant:
- from a related donor
- from an unrelated donor in case of approval by Ethics Committee
- swap transplant (the donor exchange between 2 patients).
During the intervention, doctors remove an affected part of the liver and replace it with a healthy donor’s part. The organ completely restores within 6-8 weeks.
Kidney transplant
The kidney transplant procedure is indicated for patients with advanced kidney failure.
Doctors conduct the transplantation from living related donors.
Organ transplant for children
Memorial Atasehir doctors also specialize in organ transplant for children from 0 to 5 years old. Surgeons use special small instruments to perform the operation with the highest accuracy.
Diagnostic process at Memoria Atasehir Hospital
Doctors of Memorial Atasehir Hospital manage over 15,000 IVF procedures. This means that specialists have great experience in this field.
✔ 65% is IVF success rate for patients up to 35 years old.
Doctors use 18 additional methods to increase the effectiveness of conception. Among them are:
- ICSI microinjection. This procedure is performed in case of male infertility when the sperm is inactive. During ICSI, a doctor chooses the most active sperm and inserts it into the egg with a special fine need.
- IMSI is the same as ICSI but doctors use a more powerful microscope for sperm selecting.
- PICSI is similar to ICSI. They differ in sperm selecting method.
- Micro-TESE is a sperm receiving applying a testicle biopsy.
Before the implantation, doctors make a genetic testing to prevent genetic diseases in a child.
Ultrasound diagnostics at Memorial Atasehir
Services for international patients
Transfer
Memorial Atasehir Hospital provides patients a free airport-hospital-airport transfer.
Accommodation
Patients stay in 1- or 2-bed ward. There are WC, TV, and WiFi in every hospital room.
Language assistance
An interpreter accompanies a patient for free.
A 1 bed hospital room at Memorial Atasehir
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Requirements for admission
What treatments do patients most often ask for?
- Thyroid cancer
What procedures do patients have most often?
- Сomplex oncology diagnostic
Patient reviews
Olga Seitova • Consultation with an orthopaedist Kazakhstan
I liked the doctor's professionalism, competence, ability to explain the causes of pain in an accessible way, to show clearly the planned treatment, and also to warn about the need for further 'self-doctor' behaviour for further recovery of health
Anonymous • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Turkey
She was on call 24/7, always answered in detail, politely and with great patience
Meerim • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Kyrgyzstan
Memorial Hospital in Ataşehir Istanbul meets its international status by all criteria as one of the leading medical institutions by international standards
Айдин • Astrocytoma Kazakhstan
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Küçükbakkalköy Mah. Vedat Günyol Cad. No: 28-30, 34758, Ataşehir/İstanbul, Turkey
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