Our clinic

Hematology department is a branch of science that deals with many cancer

diseases such as blood cancers (Leukemias), Lymph cancers (Lymphomas),

Bone marrow failure syndromes (MDS) and Myeloproliferative diseases.

Apart from these cancer diseases, follow-up and treatment of many diseases such as

bleeding and coagulation disorders, anemia and bone marrow laziness are

carried out by our department. Today, although chemotherapy is the main

treatment option in the treatment of Leukemia, Lymphoma, MDS

and Myeloproliferative diseases, bone marrow transplantation

is required in most of these patients to completely remove the disease from the body

(curative treatment). As is known, various bone marrow transplants are performed,

including autologous, allogeneic, haploidentic and unrelated. Each of these transplants

has its own success and risks. The patient’s age, disease and availability

of appropriate marrow play a role in the preference of these transplants by hematologists.

These patients, who have been treated and followed up in our center,

are evaluated separately and the need for transplantation, if transplantation is to be made,

which type of transplantation will be made is determined by the bone marrow

transplant council within the legislation of the Ministry of Health. İnönü University Faculty

of Medicine Turgut Özal Medical Center completed the structuring of the Bone Marrow

Transplantation Center within itself and received a license from the Ministry

of Health in 2010 and started bone marrow transplantation. Autologous,

allogeneic, haploidentic and unrelated bone marrow transplants are successfully

performed in our bone marrow transplant center.

The last 2 years, our clinic between universities and public hospitals in Turkey ranks first,

in 2014 2 haploidentical, 27 allogeneic, and a total of 67 bone marrow

transplant was performed including 38 autologous. In 2015, unrelated bone marrow

transplantation started to be performed in our center. 2 unrelated transplants were

made in June 2015. A bone marrow transplant was performed by us in this center by

bringing a suitable marrow from Germany to one of these patients and from America to

the other. In 2015, a total of 67 patients received stem cell transplantation.

Bone marrow transplantation was performed in a total of 74 patients in 2016,

99 in 2017, 129 in 2018, and 222 in 2019. After the license was obtained in our center,

a total of more than 500 patients have been transplanted with bone marrow so far.

Our mortality rates associated with bone marrow transplantation are in American

and European standards. In our center, I am Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali ERKURT, Prof.Dr.

İrfan KUKU, Prof.Dr. Emin KAYA and Do. Dr. Along with 4 faculty members including

İlhami Berber, 1 specialist doctor, therapeutic apheresis technical supervisor,

bone marrow transplant coordinator, 9 nurses and 2 staff staff work.

There are currently 12 patient beds in our center. With the Oncology hospital to be completed

within 1 year, the number of bone marrow transplant beds will increase to 24.

Our hospital has sufficient equipment and personnel for all kinds of bone marrow

transplantation. Our center will start to serve bone marrow transplant patients who will

come from neighboring countries as health tourism this year. Inonu University

Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Adult bone marrow transplant center in the field of

bone marrow transplantation is one of the leading centers in the field of health

tourism in Turkey and will continue to be ambitious.