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THERADNET: EU funding for excellent young researchers
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 […]
A unique expertise: The paediatric oncological radiation therapy programme at WPE is the largest of its kind in Germany – 1000th child treated
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.
A day for true heroes
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.
HARMONIC research project: “Using a unique, large cohort, we want to analyse the long-term effects of radiation exposure in children”.
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.
WPE in BB2 documentary “Hospital”
Since 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 […]
The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE) now official partner of NHS England
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 […]
German Medical Journal – No.22 Digital Edition / eBook 1_2018 – Proton Beam Therapy
Radiotherapy 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
Major milestone – WPE treats its 1,000th patient
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 […]
Fourth Treatment Room Opens – Essen facility is the Largest Proton Therapy Centre Located at a University Hospital in Germany
The 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 […]
Proton Therapy with Intensity Modulation at the WPE
Since January 2015, intensity modulated proton irradiation therapy (IMPT) has also been carried out at the West German Proton Therapy Centre in Essen (WPE). “In addition to the use of the magnetic, active beam guidance (“Pencil Beam Scanning”), the first commissioning of our new planning system, the so-called “RayStation”, was launched in January 2015, according […]