Retinoblastoma Treatment in Spain

• Sant Joan is one of the leading pediatric hospitals in Spain and Europe according to hospital's data.
• The hospital is the 1st in Europe to apply the intra arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma treatment. It is type of chemo when drugs are administered directly in the eye artery. It allows preserving the eye and is harmless to healthy organs which is very essential for a little patient development.
• Retinoblastoma specialists at Sant Joan conduct research and clinical trials on intra arterial immunotherapy and oncolytic VCN001 virus. The last treatment option is available only at Sant Joan and is applied when other methods are ineffective.

• Teknon Oncology Institute cooperates with the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the best in America.
• The leading position in Europe regarding the success rate of treatment, the level of equipment, the experience of doctors.
• It is equipped with the 3-mm multislice accelerator system for stereotactic radiosurgery to destroy pediatric cancer tumors. It is the only such a precise unit in Spain and South Europe.

• No.1 hospital in Spain regarding the level of medical technologies, research, and medical care according to HM Hospitales data.
• Focus on organ-preserving operations.
• The pediatric department accepts patients with retinoblastoma from the infant age to 18.

Memorial Şişli Hospital in Istanbul is the largest multidisciplinary medical center in Istanbul. It is the 1st hospital in Turkeу and the 21st in the world accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) for the high quality of treatment.

Memorial Şişli specialties are the following: oncology, bone marrow transplant, in vitro fertilization (IVF), neurosurgery, and organ transplant. The success rate of organ transplant at Memorial is 90%.

Patients from 92 countries choose Memorial Şişli for treatment annually.

• Sourasky doctors are among Top 5 in the world according to Forbes rating, the most truthful international medical journal.
• Sourasky Medical Center is in Top 10 list of the most popular hospitals among foreign patients according to the Newsweek magazine, the famous American edition.
• On the premises of Sourasky Medical Center, specialized Dana Dwek Children’s Hospital works. The narrow-focused center applies the techniques developed for children exclusively. It allows achieving the better result compared to treatment in the usual facilities for adults.
• The center accepts children for retinoblastoma treatment from the infant age to 18 years old.

Memorial Hospital Bahçelievler (Memorial Bahçelievler Hastanesi) is a multidisciplinary medical center in Istanbul with an eco-friendly design. There are a lot of green areas on the hospital territory, which contribute to patients’ psychological comfort and their speedy recovery.

The medical facility specializes in cardiovascular surgery, orthopedics, urology, gynecology, general and robotic surgery.

Emsey Hospital is one of Turkey’s multi-specialty private medical center, provides health services in the A+ Class level hospital. The hospital has ISO and JCI accreditations as a reliable medical center. As a general hospital, the facility provides treatments in general medicine, surgical medicine and internal medicine. Emsey Hospital provides healthcare services to patients from all around the world since 2012. The hospital has Advanced Spine Surgery Center performing congenital and complicated orthopedic treatments from scoliosis to spine fusion surgeries. The Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit is one of the largest BMT unit in Turkey with 45 beds. 

The Pediatric Oncology Department of Medipol Medical Center (Istanbul, Turkey) specializes in the treatment of neuroblastoma, Ewing's sarcoma, nephroblastoma, retinoblastoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma.

The Department is a part of the Medipol Cancer Center.

Medipol oncologists provide CT and MRI examinations to detect cancer. To determine the localization of metastases, the specialists conduct positron emission computed tomography (PET-CT).

Surgical removal of tumors is performed using Da Vinci robotic system or laparoscope. For tumors irradiation, CyberKnife and GammaKnife systems are used.