Cancer Treatment in Izmir, Turkey

There are three ways to treat cancer: with medicine, hormone therapy and immunotherapy, with radiation, and with surgery. For each treatment there is a different specialist, depending on your type of cancer and the stage of the disease.


  • Medical oncologist. He or she will oversee your general care and coordinate treatments with other specialists and will also be in charge of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and hormone therapy.
  • Radiation oncologist. This cancer specialist treats cancer with radiation therapy.
  • Surgical oncologist. This is a surgeon who has special training in treating cancer by removing tumors or other cancerous tissue.


Societies and Associations your cancer doctor should belong to:

  • Turkish Oncology Association
  • Turkish Association of Physicist in Medicine
  • Turkish Physics Engineering Association
  • Turkish Society of Nuclear Medicine
  • ESTRO (European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology)
  • ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology)
  • ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
  • EORTC (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer)
  • Radiation Oncology Group
  • Rare Cancer Network
  • Turkish Oncology Group
  • Medicine Chamber of Istanbul
  • Medical Oncology Chamber of Turkey
  • Turkish Radiation Oncology Association
  • Lung Cancers Association
  • Turkish Medical Association
  • American Association of Physicist in Medicine
  • American Society of Therapeutic and Radiologic Oncology


Top doctors for breast cancer treatment in Turkey

Neolife Medical Center

Acibadem Healthcare Group

Kent Hospital

Dr. Nersin Aslan Canpolat

Prof. GUL BASARAN

Prof. V. Gürhan KADIKÖYLÜ, MD

Dr. Alptekin Arifoglu

Prof. ÖZLEM ER

Prof. A. Yigit GÖKTAY, MD

Dr. Ufuk Abacioglu

Prof. MELAHAT GARIPAGAOGLU

Prof. Mehmet Niyazi ALAKAVUKLAR, MD

Dr. Duygu Derin

Prof. INCI AYAN

Assoc. Prof. Gürbüz GÖRÜMLÜ, MD

Dr. Gulgun Bilgen

Prof. ENIS ÖZYAR


Dr. Pelin Demirkale

Assoc. Prof. KAZIM MERIÇ SENGÖZ