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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Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology, specific diagnostic disciplines |
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Programme mentor: |
Prof. Gerhard Gebauer, Prof. Christhardt Köhler, Dr. Ursula Scholz, PD Dr. Georgia Schilling |
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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 |
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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 |
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2. Visceral (gastrointestinal) oncology |
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Discipline: |
Medical and surgical oncology, radiotherapy and interventional radiology |
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Programme mentor: |
Prof. Dirk Arnold, Prof. Ansgar Chromik, Prof. Karl Oldhafer, Prof. Axel Stang, Prof. Jürgen Pohl, PD Dr. Silke Tribius, Prof. Daniel Perez |
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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. |
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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 |
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3. Head and Neck Cancer |
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Discipline: | Medical and surgical oncology (incl. seconstructive surgery), radiation | |
Programme mentor: |
Prof. J.E. Meyer, Dr. Hartmut Koch, PD Dr. Silke Tribius |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |