Services Offered

Patients that have been diagnosed to have cancer or that are suspected of having cancer apply our department. In Medical Oncology Subdivision, the diagnoses and treatments of cancers such as breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, gall bladder and tract cancers, lung cancers, head-neck cancer, malignant mesenchymal tumors, brain tumors, kidney-bladder cancers, prostate cancer, melanoma, thyroid cancer, testicular cancer, ovary-uterus (endometrium)-the cervix cancer, acute and chronic leukemia, lymphomas and multiple myeloma are executed. In the Medical Oncology outpatient clinics, all patients are evaluated by faculty members, specialized physicians and physicians whose sub-branch residencies are ongoing. In treatments applied, the modern treatment approaches are adhered and the treatments are rendered in compliance with the standards of western countries. Medical procedures such as performing and evaluating bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, evaluating lumber puncture and intratecal treatment and peripheral smear are within the outpatient clinic services. In the outpatient daytime treatment unit, services such as short-term and infusional chemotherapy administration and supportive treatments, venous port and catheter care are offered. The patients with diagnosis problems or whose general conditions are not appropriate for outpatient treatments or who requires continuous infusion treatments are followed up in inpatient services. Furthermore, the follow ups and treatments of patients who need supportive treatments and who are applied interventional procedures are performed in medical oncology services.

The clinic services of our division are carried out for 24 hours uninterruptedly and regularly, by faculty members and instructor being in the first place, and by specialized medical personnel. Patient who are diagnosed and treated by hospitalization are followed up in wards 92-B, 93-2, 94-B and 95, including the capacity of 40 beds, at Hacettepe Oncology Hospital. The patients who are hospitalized in and out of the beds of Internal Diseases are also followed up and treated by specialized physicians, when they consulted with our division.

Patients that are admitted to Hacettepe Emergency Service are examined by specialized physicians, consulted with faculty members and hospitalized in services when needed.

Patients that are followed up in inpatient units are visited by specialized physicians and faculty members every day, including the Saturdays and Sundays, and their treatment planning is made.