Yesim Yildirim
Medical Advisor – Medical Oncology
Prof. Yesim Yildirim (MD) is a medical oncologist at Anadolu Medical Center in Gebze, near Istanbul, with more than 20 years in internal medicine and oncology. She treats breast, lung, gastrointestinal and other solid tumours with chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, and is a professor at Haliç University's Faculty of Medicine.
22+ Years
Yesim has dedicated their career to medical practice.
17+ Publications
Peer-reviewed research and congress presentations
3 Languages
Yesim speaks English, Russian, Turkish.
What Makes Yesim a Trusted Advisor?
Prof. Yesim Yildirim graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara in 1999, where medicine is taught in English. She completed specialty training in internal medicine at Gazi University and sub-specialty training in medical oncology at Başkent University, qualifying as a medical oncologist in 2007. Early in her career she trained at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa on a Middle East Cancer Consortium grant and took the European School of Oncology's immunology course on a Hans Wyder Fellowship.
After compulsory service at Sivas Numune Hospital, she worked as a medical oncologist at Acıbadem Kozyatağı and Acıbadem Maslak hospitals and taught internal medicine at Acıbadem University as an assistant professor. She became an associate professor in 2011 and joined Anadolu Medical Center the same year. She trained at the immuno-oncology clinic of Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in London in 2015, completed a master's degree in health management at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2018 and became a professor at Haliç University's Faculty of Medicine in 2021. As a Bookimed medical advisor, she reviews cancer treatment content for medical accuracy so patients can rely on clear, credible guidance.
“There's no single way to fight cancer – there's only the way that fits this patient.”
Role on the Medical Advisory Board
Prof. Yildirim reviews Bookimed's cancer treatment content, starting with breast cancer – the diagnosis behind more than half of the patients who travel to her – and extending to pancreatic, bile duct and thyroid cancers, melanoma and lymphoma. Two decades of prescribing chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy shape what she checks: whether a page explains which tumour markers decide the choice of drug, what treatment looks like beyond the first cycle, and where immunotherapy helps and where it does not. Where a page presents a new drug as right for every patient, she flags it.
What Yesim Reviews
As a Medical Advisory Board member, Yesim reviews Bookimed's clinic listings, procedure pages, and other site content for medical accuracy — rather than authoring or being credited on individual articles.
Yesim's top-reviewed listings, by patient arrivals:
Medical Background & Qualifications
Medicine at Hacettepe University in 1999, internal medicine at Gazi University, then medical oncology at Başkent University – and since 2011 cancer care at Anadolu Medical Center, with a professorship from 2021. The list below comes from that record.
- ✅ Professor at Haliç University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, since 2021
- ✅ Medical oncologist at Anadolu Medical Center since 2011
- ✅ Associate professor of medical oncology since 2011
- ✅ Passed the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) examination
- ✅ Advanced oncology training at Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, on a Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) grant, 2004
- ✅ Hans Wyder Fellowship for the European School of Oncology course "Immunology for Oncologists", Ascona, 2005
- ✅ Training at the immuno-oncology clinic of Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London, 2015
- ✅ Marmara regional representative of the Turkish Society of Medical Oncology, 2013
- ✅ Master's degree in health management, Istanbul Bilgi University, 2018
- ✅ More than 40 journal articles and book chapters, including chapters in Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care and Precision Medicine in Cancers and Non-Communicable Diseases
Professional Experience
Başkent University, Department of Medical Oncology
Sub-specialty resident in medical oncology
–2007
Sivas Numune Hospital
Medical oncologist (compulsory service)
2007–2009
Acıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital
Medical oncologist
2009–2011
Acıbadem Maslak Hospital
Medical oncologist
2009–2011
Acıbadem University, Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant professor
2010–2011
Anadolu Medical Center
Medical oncologist
2011–
Haliç University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor
2021–
Education
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
Doctor of Medicine (MD), taught in English
1999
Gazi University, Ankara
Specialty training in internal medicine
2004
Başkent University, Ankara
Sub-specialty training in medical oncology
2007
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
Advanced oncology training (MECC grant)
2004
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London
Immuno-oncology clinic training
2015
Istanbul Bilgi University
Master's degree in health management
2018
Certification & Accreditation
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
European School of Oncology (ESO)
International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Memberships
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
European School of Oncology (ESO)
Turkish Society of Medical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
Publications
Evaluation of testicular tumour calcification with digital orchiography
European Radiology
2013
The great mimicker: zona zoster at the mastectomy site causing contralateral intramammary lymph node enlargement
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
2012
Management of neuroendocrine carcinomas of the breast: a rare entity
Oncology Letters
2011
Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon with leptomeningeal involvement
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
2010
Management of elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in Turkey
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
2009
The effect of HER2 expression on cisplatin-based chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
2009
Prognostic significance of the C-erbB-2 expression in Turkish non-small cell lung cancer patients
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
2009
Serum big endothelin-1 levels in female patients with breast cancer
International Immunopharmacology
2008
Lack of influence of cyclooxygenase-2 expression in hepatocellular carcinomas on patient survival
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
2008
Prostate small cell carcinoma and skin metastases: a rare entity
Medical Principles and Practice
2008
Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the gallbladder: a case report
Advances in Therapy
2008
Drug interaction between capecitabine and warfarin: a case report and review of the literature
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2006
Early diagnosis of cancer in renal transplant patients: a single center experience
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
2006
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach: a case report
Tumori
2005
Effect of different neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens on locally advanced breast cancer
Neoplasma
2003
Precision medicine for colorectal cancer (chapter 5)
Precision Medicine in Cancers and Non-Communicable Diseases, CRC Press
2019
Other problems: hiccup, bleeding, sweating, prevention and treatment of thromboembolic complications (chapter 17)
Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care, Taylor & Francis
2006
How Yesim Reviews Content
Every piece of content Yesim reviews goes through the same process before it's approved for publication.
Clinical Review
Reads the draft against current clinical practice
Evidence Verification
Checks claims against peer-reviewed sources
Medical-Accuracy Check
Confirms procedures, risks, and outcomes are described correctly
Source Validation
Verifies cited studies and statistics
Periodic Re-review
Re-checks published content as guidelines evolve
About the Medical Advisory Board
Independent, not employed by Bookimed. Medical Advisory Board members are independent, board-certified physicians who volunteer their clinical expertise to review Bookimed's content for accuracy. They are not Bookimed employees, and members are selected based on credentials and patient outcomes. Members may also be listed as treating doctors on Bookimed's platform; where that is the case, their advisory role is kept editorially separate from any commercial listing. Read our full Editorial Policy.
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