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Nova Vita Female Check-Up
Check Up & Preventive Medicine

Nova Vita Female Check-Up

About This Department

 
Biruni International Check-Up Center

One day. Eight specialists. 54 tests. Results before you leave.

Cervix, breast, bowel, heart, thyroid, liver and the trace elements most panels skip, all checked in one day in Istanbul, with a check-up physician reading every result back to you the same afternoon.

9am to 4pm
Same-day results
1 visit
Single appointment
8 doctors
One combined review
Free
Pre-travel review
The most complete women's package

Everything Included in the Nova Vita Female Check-Up

Fifty-four items under one price and one schedule, with no testing fees hidden inside the package.

Specialist examinations, 8
Check-up physician consultation
Gynecology and obstetrics
Cardiology
General surgery
Ophthalmology
Oral and dental health
Clinical nutrition and diet
Podiatry
Blood and urine laboratory, 31
Blood, urine and bowel. Complete blood count, complete urinalysis, fecal occult blood test
Blood sugar. HbA1c, glucose
Kidney. BUN, creatinine, uric acid
Lipid profile. Total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides
Liver. AST, ALT, ALP, GGT
Vitamins, minerals and biochemistry. B12, folate, 25-hydroxy vitamin D, zinc, magnesium, selenium, iodine, calcium, homocysteine, iron, total iron binding capacity, ferritin
Thyroid. TSH, free T4, anti-TPO
Imaging and heart, 7
Pap smear, cervical cancer screening
Breast ultrasound under 40, mammography over 40
Whole abdominal ultrasound
Echocardiography, heart structure and function
ECG, rhythm and electrical activity
Chest X-ray
Panoramic dental X-ray

One pass of the abdominal probe covers liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and the pelvic organs, and that is where most silent gallstones and kidney cysts turn up.

Immunology and tumor markers, 8
CRP, inflammation marker
Rheumatoid factor
Anti-gliadin IgG, gluten and celiac screening
CA 125, ovarian
CA 15-3, breast
CEA, colon and rectum
CA 19-9, pancreas and bile duct
AFP, liver

Tumor markers give you a baseline to measure against later. They are monitoring tools rather than cancer tests, and the physician reads them next to the imaging instead of on their own.

Breast screening is inside the package, and it is matched to your age

Under 40 you get a breast ultrasound. Over 40 you get a mammogram. That split exists because younger breast tissue is dense, and dense tissue hides a lesion on a mammogram while ultrasound sees through it, so the same scan that helps a woman of 55 can miss something in a woman of 32. You do not have to choose. The department picks by your age and the general surgery examination adds a clinical breast examination on top.

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The standard package against the few tests that sit outside it
Standard package inclusions Optional add-ons, requested at booking
Eight specialist consultations, gynecology, cardiology and ophthalmology included HPV DNA testing alongside the smear
Pap smear, plus breast imaging chosen by age Bone density scanning, common after menopause
Whole abdominal ultrasound, echocardiography, ECG, chest and dental X-ray Colonoscopy or gastroscopy
Thirty-nine laboratory tests, trace elements and five tumor markers included A cardiac stress test or a thyroid ultrasound
Closing consultation and a written English report A check-up for your partner on the same trip
Anything from the right-hand column costs nothing extra in appointments when it is requested before the day, because you are already in the building and the sample is already being drawn.
One trip, one file

Why Women Fly In for a Single Day

Three screens, one day

Cervix, Breast and Bowel Covered Together

A Pap smear, breast imaging matched to your age, and a fecal occult blood test for the colon. At home those are three separate programmes, three invitations and three appointments spread across a year.

Joined-up reading

One Physician Reads All 54 Results

The check-up physician holds the laboratory values, the scans and the notes from seven other specialists at the same time, then explains the whole picture to you in one conversation.

Beyond the usual panel

Trace Elements Most Packages Skip

Zinc, magnesium, selenium, iodine, calcium and homocysteine sit alongside the usual vitamins. These are the values that explain fatigue, cramps and hair loss once iron and thyroid have come back normal.

Usable at home

A Report Your Own Doctor Can File

Say English when you book and the report is issued in English, with values, reference ranges and the imaging findings any doctor at home can use without a translation.

Schedule breakdown

Your Day, Step by Step

1

Registration and Samples, 9am

One draw covers all 39 laboratory tests, taken first thing while you are still fasting. Hand in the urine and stool samples at the same desk. Breakfast follows straight afterwards.

2

Imaging, Heart and Breast

Whole abdominal ultrasound while you are still fasting, then chest and panoramic dental X-ray, ECG, echocardiography, and either a breast ultrasound or a mammogram depending on your age.

3

The Eight Consultations, Including the Pap Smear

Gynecology, cardiology, general surgery, ophthalmology, dental, nutrition and podiatry, each with your own results already in front of them. The gynecologist takes the smear during that visit.

4

Results Explained, Then Home, Around 4pm

Every result except the smear comes back inside that window, read as one picture and explained to you face to face, with a written report to take home. Cytology takes several days in the laboratory, so that one report follows by e-mail.

Before the appointment

How to Prepare

Fasting, 8 hours

Eight hours without food covers the glucose, the lipid profile and the abdominal ultrasound in one go, so a normal dinner and nothing afterwards is all it takes.

Drink water freely
No coffee or tea, including black
Take prescribed medicines as normal unless told otherwise
Breakfast arrives the moment the draw finishes
The stool sample

A small stool sample is required for the fecal occult blood test. A sterile sample container will be provided by our team.

Most women forget this one, so it travels with the appointment confirmation instead of appearing as a surprise at the desk. The test looks for bleeding you cannot see, which is how bowel cancer is caught while it is still easy to treat.

Pap smear instructions

Please schedule your Pap smear when you are not menstruating. For 48 hours before the test, avoid sexual intercourse, vaginal medications, creams, lubricants, and douching.

Mention where you are in your cycle when you ask for dates, and the coordinator sets the appointment around it instead of around a sample that cannot be read.

Suitability guide

Is This Check-Up Right for You?

Good fit
Book it if any of these sound like you
  • Cervical, breast and bowel screening all overdue at once
  • A family history of breast, ovarian or bowel cancer
  • Fatigue, cramps or hair loss that iron and thyroid did not explain
  • Turning 40, 50 or 60 and wanting a proper baseline
  • Living somewhere with no organized screening programme
  • Years of separate reports you would like consolidated into one file
Talk to us first
See a doctor near you instead

Screening assumes a woman who feels broadly fine. If something is already wrong, flying abroad is the slow and expensive route to an answer, and we would rather say so before you buy a ticket.

  • A breast lump you have already felt, or nipple discharge
  • Bleeding between periods, after intercourse, or from the bowel
  • Unexplained weight loss, or a diagnosis already under investigation

Women from 18 upwards can book it, with no upper limit. Breast imaging switches from ultrasound to mammography at 40, and everything else stays the same at every age.

What a Screening Test Can and Cannot Settle

The stool test finds bleeding and leaves the cause open. A positive fecal occult blood result means something is bleeding somewhere in the bowel, and hemorrhoids cause that far more often than cancer does. Confirming it takes a colonoscopy, which sits outside this package and can be arranged here or at home.

Tumor markers are not a cancer test. CA 125 rises with fibroids, endometriosis and even a normal cycle, and plenty of women with cancer have a normal marker. The five in this package give you a personal baseline and a set of numbers the physician reads next to your imaging, which is what makes them useful.

HPV testing is separate. A Pap smear looks at cells rather than at the virus that changes them, and many guidelines now pair the two, so ask for HPV DNA to be added if that is the standard where you live.

Complimentary review

Send your age, your dates and anything already on your mind

Add any recent blood results or scan reports you have. A coordinator sets a date that works around your cycle, tells you what the day involves, and a physician says whether anything should be added for you. No cost, no obligation.

International logistics

Coming to Istanbul for the Day

Three nights, and pick the week

One night to arrive and start the fast at dinner, one for the check-up, one held free in case a scan leads to a second look. Set the dates outside your period so the smear can be taken.

Fly home whenever you like

Nothing here is invasive beyond one blood draw and the smear, so no medical restriction applies to the flight back.

A female physician if you want one

Say so in your first message and the request goes to the department, which accommodates it wherever the rota allows. The same goes for the mammography and ultrasound rooms.

Your language, all day

The team works in English, Arabic, French, Russian, Serbian, Romanian and Spanish, and other languages are arranged on request. One coordinator stays with you throughout.

Transfers, companions and the visa letter

The office arranges airport transfers and hotel transport. Two family members can come into the examination rooms. Where a visa is needed, the invitation letter goes out ten days or so before travel.

Once you are back home

Your smear result follows by e-mail, and the coordinator stays reachable on the same WhatsApp number, so a question on any value in the report still gets answered weeks later.

Before you compare

Reading a Quote Properly

The word comprehensive carries no fixed meaning, and two hospitals can use it for packages that differ by twenty tests. Lay the item lists side by side and the comparison becomes real. These five questions get you there fastest.

Whether breast imaging is inside the figure, and which one you get
How many specialist consultations the figure actually buys
Whether the abdominal ultrasound covers all the organs or only some
Whether cytology reporting and the written English report are counted
Whether transfers and an interpreter sit inside the figure or beside it

Nothing is published here as a price, because a figure written on a web page is wrong for almost every woman who reads it and goes stale within months. Give us your age and your dates and the team writes back with a breakdown built around what you actually need. That review is free.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I get a mammogram or a breast ultrasound?
Your age settles it. Under 40 the package includes a breast ultrasound, and over 40 it includes a mammogram, because dense younger breast tissue hides lesions on a mammogram while ultrasound sees through it. Either way the general surgery examination adds a clinical breast examination, and if you want the other scan as well it can be added when you book.
Does the eight-hour fast cover the abdominal ultrasound too?
Yes. One instruction covers everything. Eight hours without food gives a clean glucose, a reliable lipid profile and a gallbladder the sonographer can actually see, so a normal dinner and nothing afterwards is enough. Water is fine throughout and breakfast arrives as soon as the blood draw finishes.
What happens if the stool test comes back positive?
The physician explains it on the day and arranges the next step. A positive fecal occult blood result means something in the bowel is bleeding, and hemorrhoids account for far more of those results than cancer does. Confirming the cause takes a colonoscopy, which sits outside the package and can be booked here while you are still in Istanbul or done by your own doctor at home.
What do the five tumor markers actually tell me?
They hand you a baseline rather than a verdict. CA 125 rises with fibroids, endometriosis and ordinary cycle changes, and a woman with cancer can have entirely normal markers, so nobody reads these numbers alone. Their value is that the physician has them beside your scans on the day, and that you have a personal starting point to measure against in future years.
How long do I need to stay in Istanbul?
The check-up runs from 9am to 4pm on a single day. Plan three nights around it. Arrive the evening before so the fast starts at dinner, spend the middle day in the hospital, and keep the last day open in case a scan leads to a second look.
Can someone come with me, and will anyone speak my language?
Two family members can come into the examination rooms with you, and one coordinator stays with you from the first message through to discharge. The team works in English, Arabic, French, Russian, Serbian, Romanian and Spanish, and interpreting in other languages is arranged on request. Name the language when you book.
Will my own doctor be able to use the report?
Say English when you book and the report is issued in English. Laboratory values, reference ranges, the imaging findings and each of the eight specialist notes cross health systems without translation, so your own doctor can act on any of them and file the whole thing in your record.
Written by the Biruni Hospital medical editorial team Reviewed by Dr Yunus Emre Yavuz, Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Message us before you book a flight

Send your age, your rough dates and any recent results you already have. A physician tells you whether this package covers what you are worried about and which tests are worth adding, and a coordinator finds a date that works around your cycle. You will also get a straight answer if this is not what you need.