In December 2019, about six and a half years after the opening of the West German Proton Therapy Center, the WPE treated its 2,000th patient: The 71-year-old Franz Ott from Bavaria is suffering from prostate carcinoma and received 20 radiations over four weeks. “The treatment of more than 2,000 patients reflects that we have been
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Prof. Dr. Beate Timmermann is convinced that “the well-founded, modern training of our young scientists is essential if we want to continue to optimize the possibilities of radiation therapy in the future”. Accordingly, the Medical Director of the West German Proton Therapy Centre (WPE) and Director of the Clinic for Particle Therapy was delighted that
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Throughout Germany, around 1,800 children develop cancer every year. About half of them receive radiation therapy. In particular, conformal techniques such as proton therapy are becoming increasingly important in the treatment of childhood tumours.
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September 5, 2019 was a day for real superheroes – big and small, fictitious and real. The mission of Batman, Spiderman and Co.: to give WPE patients, relatives and staff a super-strong day. Because true heroes wear not always costumes.
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In June, the European project “HARMONIC” (“Health Effects of Cardiac Fluoroscopy and Modern Radiotherapy in Paediatrics”) was launched. A total of 24 partners from 13 countries are working in close exchange between research and medicine to investigate the long-term health consequences of radiological and radiotherapeutic procedures for children and adolescents.
Read moreSince February 2018 the WPE has been an official cooperation partner of the National Health Service (NHS) England and has treated more than 60 British children and adolescents with sarcomas or tumours of the central nervous system only in 2018. One of them is three-year-old Charlie, who was accompanied on his treatment by the BBC
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The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE) at the University Medical Centre Essen is delighted to provide Proton Beam Therapy services while two new PBT centres in England prepare to come online from later this year. “We are very proud to have been awarded the contract. NHS England is benefitting from our large network
Read moreRadiotherapy with protons is an innovative method in cancer treatment. Besides conventional radiotherapy with photons, irradiation with protons is identified to offer considerable advantages for treating tumors whenever high-precision and sparing irradiation is required. Read more
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The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE), part of the University Medical Centre of Essen and located on the campus of University Hospital Essen, is delighted to celebrate a very special anniversary as we approach the Christmas season: a 15-year-old girl, Lena, has become the 1,000th patient to be treated by WPE. The West
Read moreThe WPE has commissioned its fourth treatment room, making the WPE the largest proton therapy centre of its kind at a university hospital in Germany. The expanded treatment capacity will now be used by the team to offer proton therapy to even more people with cancer. “With the commissioning of the fourth and, therefore, the
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