Bone Marrow Transplant at Anadolu Medical Center

Appointments, consultations, and treatment coordination for bone marrow transplant at Anadolu Medical Center are managed through the International Patient Care team, available 24/7.

• WhatsApp: +1 718 550 0880
• Telephone: +1 718 550 0880
• Email: [email protected]

The team arranges video consultations with BMT specialists, free medical record reviews, second opinions, airport transfers, hotel booking, and interpreter services in 17 languages -all before you make any financial commitment.

Anadolu Medical Center is one of Europe's most experienced bone marrow transplant centres, with over 3,000 transplants performed since 2010 and more than 250 procedures carried out every year. 

The department is led by Prof. Dr. Zafer Gülbaş, recruited directly from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas. 

Anadolu holds JCI accreditation (6 consecutive times), ESMO designation, and is the only hospital in Turkey accredited by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). 

Patients travel from over 65 countries specifically for this department.

How long you stay depends on your transplant type:

• Autologous transplant: 2–3 weeks in hospital; most patients can fly home within 4–6 weeks
• Allogeneic transplant: 4–6 weeks in hospital, with the full 100-day post-transplant monitoring window strongly recommended near the centre

Anadolu's on-site Titanic Comfort Hotel has kitchenette suites built for long-stay patients and families, so you and whoever travels with you are taken care of throughout.

Anadolu Medical Center performs bone marrow transplants for adults and children across a wide range of blood cancers and disorders. The BMT unit, which has 9 dedicated oncology departments and 11 specialist tumour boards, treats:

• Acute and chronic leukaemia (ALL, AML, CML, CLL)
• Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Multiple myeloma
• Aplastic anaemia
• Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
• Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease
• Immunodeficiency disorders
• Bone marrow failure syndromes

Both autologous and allogeneic transplants are performed, including haploidentical (half-matched) procedures for patients without a fully compatible donor. 

If you are unsure whether your diagnosis is eligible, you can send your medical records for a free 48-hour clinical review before making any decision about travel.

Bone marrow transplant costs at Anadolu Medical Center start from approximately:

• Autologous transplant (your own stem cells): from $30,000
• Allogeneic transplant (matched donor): from $50,000–$67,500
• US equivalent cost: $300,000–$800,000
• UK private equivalent: from £150,000

Every estimate is calculated individually based on your diagnosis, transplant type, and hospital stay length. 

No financial commitment is required to receive a cost outline -you can request one before deciding to travel.

Anadolu provides structured remote follow-up once you are back in your home country:

• Video consultations with your treating haematologist are scheduled throughout recovery
• Your international patient coordinator remains your direct point of contact, available 24/7
• Anadolu formally communicates with your referring doctor at home -one of the only Turkish hospitals with this system in place
• A written post-transplant protocol covering medications, warning signs, and emergency contacts is provided before discharge

The first 100 days are treated as an active care period regardless of where you are in the world.

Not having a matched sibling does not prevent you from being eligible. Anadolu's donor matching process works in three stages:

1. HLA typing of available family members (siblings, parents, relatives)
2. Turkish Bone Marrow Donor Registry search - a compatible unrelated donor is found within 1.5 to 2 months
3. International Donor Bank search if the Turkish registry does not produce a match

For cases where no full match is found in time, Anadolu also offers haploidentical (half-matched) transplants using cells from a parent or sibling -with capacity to treat 22 patients simultaneously so waiting lists are not a barrier.

Bone marrow transplant success rates at Anadolu Medical Center are comparable to leading transplant centres in the US and Western Europe, with Turkey's top hospitals reporting overall success rates of 80–99% depending on the condition and transplant type. 

Anadolu's BMT programme, led by Prof. Dr. Zafer Gülbaş -who has personally performed over 3,000 transplants -follows Johns Hopkins Medicine protocols, which set the benchmark for transplant outcomes globally. 

Key factors that influence your individual success rate include:

• Transplant type: Autologous transplants generally carry higher success rates than allogeneic, as there is no risk of donor rejection
• Diagnosis and disease stage: Earlier-stage blood cancers and disorders respond better than advanced or relapsed cases
• Donor match quality: A fully matched related donor produces the strongest outcomes; haploidentical transplants have improved significantly in recent years
• Patient age and overall health at the time of transplant

Your treating team at Anadolu will give you outcome data specific to your diagnosis and condition during your initial remote consultation.

Yes - send your medical records, lab results, and imaging electronically and Anadolu's BMT specialists will review them and respond within 48 hours. This is free, requires no travel, and carries no obligation. 

The review confirms whether you are eligible for a transplant, which type fits your diagnosis, and what your personalised treatment plan and cost would look like. 

Conditions regularly assessed remotely include leukaemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, aplastic anaemia, and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).