Department of radiotherapy and radiooncology
Being one of the pillars of tumour treatment beside surgery and chemotherapy, the department of radiotherapy and radiooncology provides supra-regional treatment for oncologic patients.
In close collaboration with other departments, we develop individual treatment plans which meet the latest scientific standards.
Radiotherapy can be applied on an outpatient basis most of the time. In particular cases, e.g. in case of combined radio- and chemotherapy, inpatient care in the department of haematooncology and oncology is possible.
For the application of radiotherapy and combined radio- and chemotherapy we provide a specialised unit that is run in collaboration with the departments of haematooncology and oncology. In this unit, specific therapies for the reduction of undesirable effects caused by radiation are performed, thus reducing pain and discomfort for seriously ill patients to a minimum. Thanks to the upgrade of the linear accelerator with a multileaf-collimator, the treatment rate has increased by 10%.
Treatment performed by the department of radiotherapy and radiooncology meets established standards. Furthermore, the department takes part in national multi-centre surveys. The use of modern planning and radiotherapy systems guarantees the precise radiation of tumour focuses while sparing the unaffected surrounding tissue as far as possible. We apply three-dimensional conformal stereotactic radiation routinely – a procedure that guarantees the precise as possible adjustment of the radiation dose to the respective tumour, and therefore helps to spare unaffected tissue as well as reduces the treatment's side effects to a minimum.
In order to promote this philosophy, the department's team has been organising a series of international scientific congresses addressing the problem of optimisation of the target volume in radiation. About 300 radiooncologists from 23 countries have taken part in congresses in Limburg so far.
Main focuses of treatment:
- Post-operative radiotherapy in case of breast cancer
- Exclusive or post-operative radiotherapy in case of prostatic carcinoma
- Combined radio- and chemotherapy in case of intestinal cancer, neo-adjuvant (before the operation) as well as adjuvant (after the operation), and primary radiochemotherapy in case of anal carcinoma
- Primary radiochemotherapy or post-operative radiotherapy in case of lung cancer
- Primary radiochemotherapy or post-operative radiotherapy in case of tumours in the region of ears, nose and throat
- Radiochemotherapy in case of tumours in the oesophagus or the stomach
- Radiotherapy in case of gynaecological tumours
- Primary, post-operative or combined radiochemotherapy in case of cerebral tumours
- Radiotherapy in case of diseases of the lymphatic tissue
- Exclusive or post-operative radiation of skin tumours
- Palliative radiation of brain, skin, bone or soft tissue metastases
- Radiotherapy in case of endocrine orbitopathy (Basedow's disease)
- Radiotherapy before joint replacement (TEP) for the prevention of calcification
Head physician:
Dr. Claudia Hartmann
Phone: +49.6431.292-4598
E-Mail:
claudia.hartmann@st-vincenz.de
Assistant medical Director
Dr. Angela Kromrey-Lachheb
Phone: +49.6431.7591
E-Mail:
a.kromrey-lachheb@st-vincenz.de
