A cancer diagnosis deserves a clear explanation and an individual plan. MPGCARE coordinates record review, appointments and communication with Medical Park and Liv Hospital in Türkiye. The receiving center confirms the hospital, responsible specialist, accepted cancer types, age limits and available services for your case. Medical decisions belong to the treating physicians. A listed treatment is not proof that every hospital offers it.

This page focuses on adult oncology. Children require a pediatric oncology team; leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma require hematology coordination. Symptoms may have noncancerous causes. Consultation, diagnostic tests and treatment are separate steps; PET-CT, biopsy or molecular panels are not a compulsory package for everyone.

Solid tumors: symptoms and selected investigations

Blood cancers: hematology coordination

What We Do

Medical oncology plans systemic medicines; radiation oncology plans radiation; organ-specific surgeons assess surgery. Pathology and radiology help establish diagnosis and stage. A tumor board may combine these opinions when available and appropriate. Ask which named center and team will provide each service, including any referral elsewhere. Robotic surgery, radiotherapy techniques, transplantation and clinical trials require separate confirmation and individual eligibility.

How should pathology, images and the treatment summary be sent?

Contact MPGCARE to confirm the hospital’s secure submission channel and translation requirements. Send dated pathology with addenda/biomarkers; imaging reports plus original DICOM files; and a chronological treatment summary. Include operations, drug names and doses, cycle dates, radiation dose/fractions, response and adverse effects, current medicines, allergies and the local physician’s contact. Obtain consent before sharing. Slides/blocks are sent only after the pathology unit confirms identification, packaging, delivery and return arrangements.

How does a second opinion work?

State your question: diagnosis, stage, treatment choice, progression or an adverse effect. After checking that records are sufficient, the receiving specialist reviews them and may request examination, slide review or additional tests. Confirm whether review is remote or in person, who issues the written opinion and how questions are answered. The opinion may agree with or change the proposed plan; it is not automatic acceptance for treatment. Do not interrupt current treatment while waiting—coordinate changes with both teams.

Diagnosis, stage and treatment goals

The team combines clinical findings, pathology and selected imaging to distinguish a new diagnosis, recurrence or metastatic disease. Tumor markers alone neither prove nor exclude cancer. Discuss whether the goal is cure, reducing recurrence risk, disease control or symptom relief. Chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted medicines, immunotherapy, surgery or radiation are selected by tumor biology, stage, organ function, prior treatment and your preferences; no option guarantees benefit.

What should a written proposal include?

Request a case-specific scope after clinical review: consultations and second-opinion report; pathology review/biomarkers; planned laboratory and imaging tests; medicine names, doses and planned cycles; infusion and supportive medicines; radiation planning/fractions; surgery, anesthesia, admission and anticipated monitoring when relevant. It should distinguish included and separately arranged services, repeat tests, complications, unplanned admission, follow-up and travel/interpretation arrangements.

Why is the proposal reviewed at each stage?

Initial record review may produce a provisional plan. Diagnostic confirmation and staging can change it; response and side effects can alter later cycles, procedures or stay requirements. Confirm the assumptions, proposed phase, reassessment points and how any change is documented before proceeding. A single visit or a fixed number of sessions cannot be promised. Preparation, fasting, bowel cleansing and medicine changes are provided only by the center as an individual written plan.

Follow-up and coordination in your country

Agree who reviews results, manages side effects and provides an urgent contact. Before returning, obtain the treatment summary, prescriptions, next monitoring date and imaging comparison plan. Local follow-up requires a named clinician and a clear handover; some procedures or treatments require return to the receiving center. Ask about symptom control, nutrition, rehabilitation, psychological support and fertility preservation when relevant. Palliative care can accompany active treatment and does not mean care has stopped.

When is urgent local care needed?

Fever during cancer treatment, severe breathlessness, confusion, major bleeding, uncontrolled vomiting or dehydration need prompt local assessment. New limb weakness or bladder/bowel control changes with severe back pain are emergencies. Follow your treating team’s specific warning plan; do not wait for travel or an online second opinion. Stable follow-up is planned after triage. Recovery, survival and lasting results cannot be guaranteed.

Medical information sources: NCI — Cancer types · NCI — Pathology · NCI — Biomarkers · NCI — Treatment · NCI — Infection · Liv Hospital