Best Hospitals for Glioblastoma treatment in 2024

Korea University Anam Hospital has world-class robotic surgery skills, especially in cancer surgery. It has developed the world's first robotic oral thyroid cancer surgery method that removes tumor without visible scars by inserting a surgical robot arm into the patient's mouth.

In addition, not only the bladder cancer pre-stage robotic surgery was the first and most successful in Asia, but also the first robotic breast reconstruction surgery in Korea reduces the size of the scar by one-tenth. On top of that, bloodless or minimal blood transfusions are applied to reduce the risk of infection and speed up postoperative recovery. Patients from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia go here for treatment.

Emsey Hospital, one of Turkey's multi-specialty private medical centers, provides health services at the A+ class level hospital. The hospital has ISO and JCI accreditations as a reliable medical center. The facility offers general, surgical, and internal medicine treatments as a general hospital. Emsey Hospital has provided healthcare services to patients worldwide since 2012. The hospital's Advanced Spine Surgery Center performs congenital and complicated orthopedic treatments, from scoliosis to spine fusion surgeries. The Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit is one of the largest BMT units in Turkey, with 45 beds. 

Glioblastoma therapy is carried out at the Neuroscience Center. Before developing a treatment plan, doctors conduct diagnostics of a patient applying CT, MRI, and blood tests. Some additional examinations as lumbar puncture can be prescribed additionally.

After the tests result, a doctor assigns treatment. The primary one is a surgery. If the tumor is operable, specialists remove glioblastoma under control of neuronavigation system to make movements more precise.

Radio- and chemotherapies are prescribed to destroy malignant cells or as the main methods when glioblastoma is inoperable.

The duration of treatment depends on the chosen therapies and patient health conditions.

Bumrungrad is one of the best treatment centers for glioblastoma in Asia. It has the IBM Watson - the powerful supercomputer which contains the clinical glioblastoma clinical cases with the highest success rate. Using the system, doctors provide the best treatment for glioblastoma.

Kaplan Medical Center is branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which is located in Rehovot almost near Tel Aviv. This clinic is multidisciplinary medical complex. There are 23 departments. In addition, the center arrange the collection and storage of bone marrow cells for use in onco-hematology treatment. Bookimed provides for you opportunity of treatment without intermediaries in this medical center.

Charité is the most famous university hospital in the whole Europe which was founded yet in 1710. The majority of patients choosing treatment in Germany prefer this clinic because of its high popularity and good reviews. International patients are not a priority for Charité, so patients from other countries should be prepared for long terms of application processing and absence of foreign patients reception service.

Heinrich Heine University Hospital is a medical research center that includes 30 medical institutes and clinics and employs more than 5 000 doctors and medical specialists. 

University Hospital Aachen is the largest multidisciplinary hospital in Europe and it is affiliated with the medical faculty of Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen which is a research university of technology.

Erlangen University Hospital is a huge center including 24 clinics and one of the best cancer research centers. 

Treatment of glioblastoma is performed after the complete examination. It includes MRI or CT scan, biopsy through surgery.

After detecting the features of the tumor, doctors develop a treatment plan. If the tumor is possible to be removed, doctors prescribe surgery. It is performed under control of neuronavigation to avoid affecting healthy brain tissues.

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are also applied to destroy malignant cells.

Glioblastoma treatment is performed by a team of specialists: a neuro-oncologist, radiologist, neurosurgeon.