Anadolu Medical Center has been awarded ESMO accreditation for the seventh time as an “ESMO Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care”.
What is ESMO
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has supported cancer research and professionals in the field in Europe and around the world since 1975.
What is ESMO accreditation in palliative care
The accreditation programme was launched in 2003 to recognise oncology centres that achieve the highest level of integration between medical oncology and palliative care. Institutions confirm their compliance with 13 standards by presenting scientific evidence on the outcomes of care.
According to ESMO’s criteria, a top-level oncology centre is about more than radiotherapy or chemotherapy: the centre must offer patients comprehensive supportive and palliative care integrated with cancer treatment, and doctors, nurses and all staff must have the appropriate training.
Our aim is to ease the condition of the patient and their family and to improve quality of life at every stage of diagnosis and treatment, as well as after they are completed. In a top-level oncology centre, medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgery, pathology, radiology and nuclear medicine work together in a multidisciplinary way, and the team includes an experienced pain management specialist, a dietitian and a psychologist.
The hospital obtained its first ESMO accreditation in 2007 — the first in Turkey — and has successfully renewed it every three years since.