Acibadem Bursa Hospital Reviews

My 8-year-old daughter Elif was diagnosed with a rare pediatric sarcoma that local hospitals couldn't properly classify. Dr. Zuhal Başkan spent three hours with us during our first emergency consultation at Acibadem Bursa, drawing diagrams to explain how this particular cancer behaves differently in children. She collaborated with pediatric specialists to create a treatment plan that considered both efficacy and developmental impact. What struck me most was how she spoke directly to Elif about her 'special cells' instead of just to us parents. After six months of targeted therapy, we're seeing remarkable progress. Dr. Başkan remembers every detail of Elif's school life and asks about her art projects at every follow-up.

As a 72-year-old retired engineer with metastatic prostate cancer, I approached Dr. Başkan for a second opinion after standard treatments failed. She didn't just review my files; she reconstructed my entire cancer timeline like solving an engineering problem, identifying a three-month window where a different approach might have changed outcomes. Her honesty was brutal but necessary: 'We cannot cure this, but we can engineer quality time.' She designed a palliative immunotherapy regimen that has given me 14 months of relatively normal life—enough to finish my memoir and see my granddaughter graduate. At Acibadem Bursa, she coordinates with pain management specialists so seamlessly I feel like I have an entire medical team thinking about my comfort.

I came to Dr. Başkan for what I thought was a routine checkup after breast cancer remission, but she noticed subtle changes in my bloodwork that everyone else had dismissed as 'aging.' She ordered immediate specialized imaging that revealed microscopic liver metastases invisible on standard scans. Her emergency intervention with localized radiation and adjusted medication caught the recurrence at what she calls 'the molecular whisper stage.' Her approach is unnervingly precise—she talks about cancer cells having 'personalities' and tailors treatment accordingly. Two years later, I'm back in remission because she treats maintenance visits with the same intensity as initial diagnoses.

My husband's glioblastoma diagnosis felt like a death sentence until we met Dr. Başkan. She refused the standard protocol immediately, saying 'This tumor has unusual markers that suggest it might respond differently.' She personally liaised with neuro-oncologists in Germany to design a combined treatment involving intraoperative radiation during surgery followed by a novel chemotherapy schedule. During the complex surgery at Acibadem Bursa, she waited in the operating theater lounge for six hours just to speak with the neurosurgeon immediately afterward. Her follow-up regimen includes monthly cognitive assessments she developed herself to track neurological impact. Eighteen months post-diagnosis—far beyond original predictions—my husband still teaches mathematics part-time. Dr. Başkan calls this 'quality survival' and measures success in preserved abilities, not just scan results.