Anadolu Medical Center uses a range of advanced laboratory methods, in line with the CAP international quality assurance programme, to analyse structural and functional abnormalities in tissues and cells.
The Pathology Department at Anadolu Medical Center, particularly in cancer cases, passes the biopsy result to the doctor immediately without waiting for the written report to be drawn up. This keeps the waiting time for patients and their families to a minimum and allows treatment to begin as early as possible.
In some types of tumour, early diagnosis of the tissue can change the course of the operation; for this reason, our pathologists also attend operations in order to take the right tissue samples and establish an accurate diagnosis.
The Pathology Department at Anadolu Medical Center provides the following services:
- Surgical pathology
- Cytopathology
- Molecular pathology
Surgical pathology
The analysis of tissue samples taken in clinic or in the operating theatre and sent to the Pathology Department uses the most advanced technology; procedures such as preparing paraffin blocks, cutting sections and staining are carried out there. The department has a wide panel of immunohistochemical markers, used when the type and origin of a tumour cannot be determined by conventional pathological methods, and which assist diagnosis.
Cytopathology
Cytopathological analysis includes samples taken from the vagina and uterus, as well as fluids from other organs. In addition to cytology samples taken from the vagina and uterus using the conventional Pap smear technique, thin-layer liquid-based technology (the Thin-Prep technique) is also used. This increases the likelihood of early detection of cancer. The Thin-Prep technique can be applied to all body fluids.
Routine cytology plays an important role in the early diagnosis of lung cancer. For this reason, the department analyses routine cytology preparations of sputum. This makes it possible to establish an accurate diagnosis. Examination of superficial masses in organs and tissues such as the breast, thyroid, salivary glands, subcutaneous soft tissue masses and lymph nodes allows early diagnosis of cancer.
Molecular pathology
Anadolu Medical Center uses molecular methods for diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. The tests most frequently used are KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, MSI, EGFR, ALK-EML4, ROS1, MET, HER2, MDM2, EWSR, SS18-SSX, FOXO1, as well as multigene panels that make it possible to reach the best possible decision on chemotherapy.
Hüseyin Baloğlu
M.D., Professor of Pathology
Diagnostic Services – Pathology
Hüseyin Baloğlu
M.D., Professor of Pathology
Diagnostic Services – Pathology
Education and career
- GATA Faculty of Medicine
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
- University of Heidelberg, Germany
- SAMBA, Grenoble, France
- GATA Haydarpaşa University Hospital
Medical specialities and areas of interest
- Molecular pathology
- Tumour biology
- Urgent (intra-operative) diagnosis
- Medical education
Research and publications
- 52 international publications
- 68 national publications
- 38 international posters
- More than 100 national posters
- 3 chapters in medical books
- 1 book translated into Turkish
- 1 molecular diagnostic patent relating to papillary thyroid carcinoma
Onder onguru
ONDER ONGURU
MD, Professor of Pathology
Pathology Department
EDUCATION:
University
Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara 1993
Specialist training
Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Pathology, Ankara 1999
Mayo Clinic, USA 2002 (neuropathology, pulmonary pathology, surgical pathology, FISH)
Perelman School of Medicine, USA 2014 (neuropathology, pulmonary pathology, surgical pathology, FISH)
Memberships of organisations
Pathology Society, Ankara
Turkish Pathology Society
Neuropathology Research Group
Pulmonary Pathology Scientific Group, Ankara
Awards and distinctions
2003-04 Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Grand Prize for scientific research in surgical sciences
Öngürü Ö, Ulutin C, Celasun B, Günhan O. DNA ploidy and nuclear morphometry in intracranial ependymomas of adults. Clin Neuropathol. 2003 Nov-Dec; 22 (6): 266-72.
Congress award of excellence
Onur İ., Özçelik H., Serdar MA, Öngürü Önder, Akman Ş., Kutluay T. Efficacy of Ginkgo Biloba and N-acetylcysteine treatment in experimental pancreatitis. 16th National Biochemistry Congress (congress booklet) 2000; P-54.
Congress grand prize
Işık AT, Çelik T, Ulusoy G, Öngürü Ö, Elibol B, Bozoğlu E, Doruk H, Mas MR. : Efficacy of curcumin in a streptozotocin-induced model of Alzheimer's disease. 6th National Geriatrics Congress. 17-21 October 2007, Antalya.
Publications:
More than 150 national and international publications
Zafer Küçükodacı
Zafer Küçükodacı
MD, Professor of Pathology
Pathology Department
EDUCATION:
University
Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara 1998
Specialist training
Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Pathology, Ankara 2004
Memberships of organisations
Turkish Pathology Society
Chair of the Molecular Pathology Working Group of the Federation of Pathology Societies
Awards and distinctions
12 of his scientific papers have been awarded first prize by national scientific organisations
Publications:
More than 185 national and international publications
