How long do I have to wait for cancer surgery in Istanbul?
After you arrive, treatment typically starts within 2–4 days: arrival, an in-person consultation and baseline tests, then admission, with a day-by-day plan given to you before you even book flights. Getting to that point is fast too — the tumor-board review itself is completed and returned within 72 hours of your documents being confirmed complete, and surgery cases are generally planned around a 10–14 day stay in Istanbul including follow-up. Compare that with the waiting-list realities described in the Turkey vs Germany vs South Korea guide.