What is OncologyIstanbul, and is it legitimate?

OncologyIstanbul is an independent patient-advocacy service that provides a free 72-hour tumor-board second opinion for people considering cancer treatment in Istanbul — it is not a hospital, and it is not a broker that takes a cut of your treatment cost. It never takes payment from patients and never asks for a deposit: you pay the treating hospital directly, at its own cashier, only after you have reviewed and approved an itemized written quote. It is operated by Gamevato OÜ, a registered Estonian company (registry code 16656270). Crucially, it is transparent about exactly what is verified on the site and what is not yet — rather than presenting unverified profiles as established fact — and it invites you to check any hospital's authorization and accreditation against the official Turkish-state and accreditor sources yourself. The honest test of any medical-tourism service is whether it lets you verify it: a service that refuses to be checked is the red flag, not the checking. See the about and verify pages for the full, source-linked account.

Published 2026-07-18

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