
About the Department of Oncology and Palliative Care at WEGE Clinic Bonn
The Department of Oncology and Palliative Care at the WEGE Clinic Bonn provides palliative treatment for patients with incurable diseases. The goal of the department's physicians is to alleviate the symptoms of the disease and improve the quality of life. The department's specialists take an individual approach to each patient, always respecting the patient's wishes. A competent multidisciplinary team, consisting of palliative care specialists, nurses, psycho-oncologists, physiotherapists and social workers, works here for the benefit of the patients. The department is headed by Dr. med. Henning Cuhls.
The department's doctors mostly admit patients with incurable cancers, neurological pathologies, various types of dementia, diseases of the heart, lungs, kidneys and liver. The focus is on patients with advanced cancers. In addition to therapeutic measures, psycho-oncologists intensively work with the patient (if necessary, and with his relatives). They help the patients and their families to cope with a severe diagnosis and maintain good spirits.
The department offers palliative care for patients with the following diseases and pathological conditions:
- Malignant diseases, particularly, bowel cancer, ovarian cancer, esophageal cancer, metastases in the liver, kidneys, and soft tissues
- Incurable types of dementia
- Incurable heart diseases
- Incurable lung diseases
- Incurable kidney diseases
- Incurable neurological diseases
- Stressful symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, and constipation in the case of incurable diseases
- Psychosocial problems with incurable diseases
- Chronic musculoskeletal pain
- Other conditions
The department's range of medical services includes:
- Palliative pain and symptomatic therapy (the treatment regimen is developed in accordance with the individual needs, depending on the intensity of pain)
- Palliative radiation therapy (mainly prescribed to relieve symptoms in case of cancer)
- Palliative chemotherapy (helps to slow the progression of cancer and the spread of metastases)
- Physiotherapy
- Therapeutic exercises
- Massage
- Relaxing techniques
- Psychosocial support
- Other therapeutic services
Photo of the doctor: (c) WEGE Klinik