Asklepios Tumorzentrum
Hamburg, Germany
Person responsible for CTC programme: Professor Dirk Arnold
Hospital overview
The Asklepios Tumorzentrum Hamburg (ATZHH) is a public service network cancer centre in Hamburg, Europe´s 7th largest city, with a catchment area of more than 2.5 million habitants. Clinically, it comprises seven full-spectrum hospitals (ranging from 250 to 700 beds, with outpatient clinics), and 4 specialized cancer care outpatient facilities. All together, more than 200 cancer specialists (all disciplines included) and the multi-disciplinary teams serve more than 15,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients per year.
The multi-site structure is organized in 14 tumour-specific Disease Tracks (DTs). The multidisciplinary DTs also work in a cross-locational structure, with a concept of dedicated units at several sites. DTs are responsible for organization of the clinical services, interdisciplinary tumour boards, clinical research programmes, education and training, as well as research activities.
Joint activities include programmes in prevention, follow-up care and rehabilitation, as well as dedicated education activities for students, physicians (pre- and post-specialization training) and nurses.
The ATZHH and the member hospitals are dedicated training centres of the University of Hamburg and Asklepios Medical School (AMS), Campus Hamburg of the Semmelweis University, Budapest.
Participants will be given the opportunity to participate as observer or resident in 3 programmes, each with activities at 2 different sites in Hamburg, to provide a full spectrum and variety of experience.
CTC programmes offered
1. Gynaecological Oncology and Breast Cancer Centre |
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| Discipline: |
Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology, specific diagnostic disciplines |
| Programme mentor: |
Prof. Gerhard Gebauer, Prof. Christhardt Köhler, Dr. Ursula Scholz, PD Dr. Georgia Schilling |
| Duration: | 3 - 6 months |
| Type: | Visiting Residency and Visiting Observership |
| Language requirements for observership: |
For visiting observership status - A good level of German language skills is mandatory in order to follow communication between doctors and patients as well as tumor boards and recommendations. Fluent english |
| Language requirements for residency: |
For visiting residency status - A minimum of intermediate level B2 in German is required (to be approved by the Regional Administrative Council / Supreme Health Authority of the German State of Hamburg). Fluent english |
| Programme description: |
More than 500 patients with breast cancer and the full spectrum of gynaecologic cancers (ovarian, cervical, uterine, vulvar or vaginal cancer) are diagnosed and treated within the 4 treatment sites and the accredited Breast Cancer Centre of the Asklepios Tumorzentrum annually. The center offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures for all settings of these cancer patients in a multidisciplinary approach. Participants of the program will take part into all diagnostic an therapeutic procedures, including surgical treatment and medical oncology as well as participation in the multidisciplinary conferences and clinics. Participants will be given the opportunity to visit the 2 units for Gynaecological Oncology (at AK Altona: Prof. C. Köhler et al., AK Barmbek: Prof. G. Gebauer et al.) and/or the dedicated Breast Cancer Centre (Dr. U. Scholz et al.) |
2. Visceral (gastrointestinal) oncology |
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| Discipline: |
Medical and surgical oncology, radiotherapy and interventional radiology |
| Programme mentor: |
Prof. Dirk Arnold, Prof. Ansgar Chromik, Prof. Karl Oldhafer, Prof. Axel Stang, Prof. Jürgen Pohl, PD Dr. Silke Tribius, Prof. Daniel Perez, Prof. Thomas von Hahn |
| Duration: | 3 - 6 months |
| Type: | Visiting Residency and Visiting Observership |
| Language requirements for observership: |
For visiting observership status A good level of German language skills is mandatory in order to follow communication between doctors and patients as well as tumor boards and recommendations. Fluent english. |
| Language requirements for residency |
For visiting residency status - A minimum of intermediate level B2 in German is required (to be approved by the Regional Administrative Council / Supreme Health Authority of the German State of Hamburg). Fluent english |
| Programme description: | More than 2,000 patients with gastrointestinal cancer are diagnosed and treated at the 5 treatment sites of the Asklepios Tumorzentrum Hamburg. The centre offers the full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic options for patients with all gastrointestinal malignancies. Key disciplines are (high-volume) surgery, including laparascopic surgey, robotic surgery (Da Vinci XI system), major liver surgery, but also a large scale diagnostic and interventional endoscopy, interventional radiology techniques as well as specific focus on innovative treatments in medical treatment. Sites involved in this programme are on Campus Altona, Campus Barmbek and Campus Harburg. |
3. Head and Neck Cancer |
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| Discipline: | Medical and surgical oncology (incl. reconstructive surgery), radiation |
| Programme mentor: |
Prof. J.E. Meyer, Dr. Hartmut Koch, PD Dr. Silke Tribius |
| Duration: | 3 - 6 months |
| Type: | Visiting Residency and Visiting Observership |
| Language requirements for observership: |
For visiting observership status -A good level of German language skills is mandatory in order to follow communication between doctors and patients as well as tumor boards and recommendations. Fluent english |
| Language requirements for residency |
For visiting residency status - A minimum of intermediate level B2 in German is required (to be approved by the Regional Administrative Council / Supreme Health Authority of the German State of Hamburg). Fluent english |
| Programme description: |
More than 1,000 patients with Head and Neck Cancers are diagnosed and treated at the four treatment sites of the Asklepios Tumorzentrum Hamburg annually. The center offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures in a multidisciplinary approach. Participants of the program will take part into all diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including surgical treatment, radiation oncology, pathology, radiology and medical oncology as main disciplines well as participation in the multidisciplinary tumor boards. Surgical training involves all aspects of head and neck surgical oncology, including skull base surgery, robotics (Da Vinci XI system) and other microinvasive techniques, reconstructive surgery. Sites involved in this programme are on Campus Altona and Campus St. Georg |
4. Urologic Oncology |
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| Discipline: | Medical and surgical urologic oncology, radiotherapy and interventional radiology |
| Programme mentor: | Ass. Prof. Clemens Rosenbaum, Professor Klaus-Peter Dieckmann, Dr. Oliver Engel, Prof. Andreas J. Gross, Prof. Axel Stang, PD Dr. Silke Tribius, Professor Nina Wagener, Prof. Christian Wülfing, Prof. Dirk Arnold |
| Duration: | 3 - 6 months |
| Type: | Visiting Residency and Visiting Observership |
| Language requirements for observership: | For visiting observership status, a good level of German language skills (B1-2) is mandatory in order to follow communication between physicians and patients as well as discussions in tumour boards and recommendations. Fluent English |
| Language requirements for residency | For visiting residency status a minimum of intermediate level C1 in German is required (to be approved by the Regional Administrative Council / Supreme Health Authority of the German State of Hamburg). Fluent English |
| Programme description: | More than 2,600 patients with various urological malignancies are diagnosed and treated annually at the (overall) 5 treatment sites of the Asklepios Tumorzentrum Hamburg. The centre offers the full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic options for patients with all urological malignancies. Key disciplines are high-volume surgery, including open, laparascopic and robotic surgery. Focus is on major bladder and kidney cancer surgery. In addition to surgery, a large number of endo-urologic procedures and interventional procedures, as well as radiation oncology treatmens, are frequently performed. A specific focus is on innovative diagnostic and therapeutic options in medical treatment. Sites involved in this programme are on Campus Altona, Campus Barmbek and Campus Harburg |