Best Clinics for Lung cancer Treatment in the World: 148 Top-Rated Centers

Prof. Serkan Keskin is a clinical oncologist with 24 years experience and 1,100+ procedures. The JCI and ISO-accredited Memorial Şişli uses CyberKnife for robotic radiosurgery. Diagnostics start from around $150 for consultation. Treatments include SBRT for $6,400–$7,500, Tomotherapy around $7,150, and lung cancer surgery from $10,700–$12,500 with 4 nights hospital stay.

Prof. Christoph Zielinski has performed 1,100+ lung cancer treatments and has 600+ scientific publications as President of CECOG. The ISO 9001-certified clinic reports a 95% treatment success rate. Diagnostics start from around $350 for an oncologist consultation. A comprehensive diagnostic package is around $6,500 and includes consultations, CT, PET/CT, and blood tests with tumor markers.

Prof. Dr. Bülent Karagöz brings 32 years of medical oncology experience, trained at Johns Hopkins. Anadolu Medical Center holds JCI and ESMO accreditations and offers robotic Da Vinci surgery. Diagnostics start from $100 for a blood test, with consultations around $150 and PET-CT scans from $700. Systemic therapy per course may cost $2,500–$11,000, while surgery like a lobectomy runs $17,676–$29,461 including the hospital stay.

Professor Ari Raphael has 28 years of experience and has performed over 900 lung cancer procedures. He works at Sourasky Medical Center, a JCI-accredited, Newsweek Top 10 hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins. Diagnostic tests start from $210 for blood panels. Treatment costs around $950-$1,150 per chemotherapy session in the day hospital, which includes the infusion and medical supervision.

Dr. Ivana Gabriela Sullivan brings 15 years and 1,100+ thoracic oncology procedures to this JCI-accredited Teknon center, which offers the da Vinci robot and CyberKnife. Diagnostics start from around $219 for blood analysis, with CT scans around $600. Immunotherapy with Keytruda may cost $4,500–$8,500 per infusion, including day-hospital care, and da Vinci robotic surgery runs $22,411–$25,950, covering the procedure and post-op care.

Prof. Dr. Sadi Kerem Okutur has 20 years of medical oncology experience at Memorial, a JCI and ISO-accredited center with an Elekta Versa HD SIGNATURE radiotherapy system. A consultation typically costs $220. Treatment options include chemotherapy courses around $3,150 each, CyberKnife radiosurgery for $4,750–6,450, and immunotherapy with Keytruda around $12,760, covering drug administration and monitoring.

Prof. Ahmet Bilici, who reviews the majority of lung-cancer treatment plans, leads the department at this JCI-accredited academic hospital with a Da Vinci robot. Diagnostics start from around $150 for a consultation. A complete workup package including PET-CT and pathology runs around $2,200–3,600. Treatment options include chemotherapy from $275 per cycle, radiotherapy around $8,000–10,000, and Da Vinci robotic lung surgery at around $18,000.

Prof. Alper Toker has performed 102+ robotic lung resections in 33 years of thoracic surgery, and is the former president of ESTS. This JCI-accredited smart-and-green hospital uses the da Vinci robotic system. Diagnostics start from $220 for a consultation. Comprehensive lab workups may cost around $1,500, and robotic lobectomy surgery typically runs $30,000 – it includes 4–5 days of hospital stay, diagnostics, pathology, and airport transfer.

Dr. Viola Fox is a leading oncologist with 12+ years specializing in molecular cancer research and drug therapy. The clinic is a certified German Cancer Society center and an academic hospital of the University of Cologne. Diagnostics start from around $112 for a blood analysis. Treatment options include one chemotherapy cycle around $1,180, a full radiotherapy course around $18,872, and lobectomy surgery around $25,950, which covers the procedure, hospital stay, and anesthesia.

Memorial Ataşehir Hospital is a JCI-accredited facility with specialized oncology services, offering lung cancer treatment that may cost around $8,500–$14,400. Dr. Bedrettin Yildizeli, a Professor of Thoracic Surgery with international training at Toronto General Hospital and UC San Diego, leads the thoracic surgery team.