Radical mastectomy in breast cancer in University Hospital RWTH Aachen
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany
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229683
Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Stickeler
Department of Gynecology, Mammology and Obstetrics
Specialized in: gynecology, mammology, obstetrics The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- general urine analysis
- biochemical analysis of blood
- inflammation indicators (CRP, ESR)
- indicators blood coagulation
- tumor markers (CEA, CA 15-3,CYFRA 21-1, NSE)
- mammology examination:
- breast ultrasound
- mammography
- MRI of the breast (on indications)
- ultrasound examination: pelvis, abdomen
- preoperative care
- radical mastectomy
- histologically examination of the remote tissues
- testing for ER and PR
- the HER2 status
- Oncotype DX test (on indications, additional cost 4000 €)
- Mammaprint test (on indications, additional cost 3000 €)
- symptomatic treatment
- control examinations
- the cost of essential medicines and materials
- nursing services
- full hospital accommodation
- explanation of future recommendations
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- Medical records
- MRI/CT scan (not older than 3 months)
- Biopsy results (if available)
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About the department
According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Gynecology, Mammology and Obstetrics at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen ranks among the top German medical facilities specializing in breast cancer treatment and provision of obstetric services!
The department provides all modern medical services in the fields of its specialization. The gynecologists treat both general and oncological diseases of the female reproductive sphere. Should surgical treatment be required, minimally invasive techniques will be used. The department's mammologists specialize in the treatment of breast cancer using all the classic and innovative therapeutic options. The department is also the Level I Perinatal Center, in which the patient receives the highest quality pregnancy management, comfortable childbirth and postpartum care. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Stickeler.
The priority fields of the department’s work is gynecologic oncology. The doctors have in their arsenal both conservative and surgical treatment methods for cancer pathologies. When treating cancer, interdisciplinary cooperation with the representatives of related fields plays the key role, therefore the department's gynecologists actively involve radiologists, radiation therapists, surgeons, urologists, experts in the field of nuclear medicine, plastic surgery, etc. In order to reduce the hospitalization period, the diagnostics is often carried out on an outpatient basis. The department shows excellent results in the treatment vulvar, cervical, uterine and ovarian cancers.
The department's doctors also have vast experience in breast cancer treatment. This field is certified by the German Society of Senology and the German Cancer Society. All relevant diagnostic options are available here (for example, ultrasound, mammography, biopsy, digital mammography, tomography mammogram, 3D mammography, breast MRI), which makes it possible to make an accurate diagnostics and develop an optimal treatment regimen. The field of competence also includes individual consultations on genetic causes of breast cancer and on the preservation of reproductive function after cancer treatment.
The department's mammologists specialize in various surgical interventions for the treatment of benign and malignant breast diseases. The most common practice involves an intervention with the removal of axillary sentinel lymph nodes. After radical resections, the doctors perform plastic surgeries to ensure the best cosmetic result.
In the field of obstetrics, the department provides a comprehensive pregnancy management (general and special ultrasound examinations, for example, first trimester screening and fetal ultrasound). The accurate diagnostic equipment allows the doctor to detect abnormalities and malformations of the fetus at the stage of prenatal development. The service range is complemented by interventional therapy of fetal malformations during the prenatal period. One of the common procedures is intrauterine blood transfusion, which may be necessary in fetal anemia due to infections or incompatibility with the mother's blood group.
The department's obstetricians have vast experience in the management of high-risk pregnancies, multiple pregnancies. A delivery takes place in modern delivery rooms equipped with all the necessary auxiliary devices for the successful childbirth. The priority purpose of the department's obstetricians is childbirth with the best possible safety for mother and baby. The department annually delivers about 1,500 babies, which testifies to the competence of medical personnel and high trust of patients.
The range of medical services of the department includes:
- Gynecology
- Sparing, minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery (Da Vinci surgical system)
- Treatment of all malignant neoplasms of the female reproductive sphere (for example, uterine, cervical, ovarian, vulvar cancers)
- Endometriosis treatment (as part of the specialized certified center)
- Treatment of dysplasia of the cervix, vagina, labia
- Treatment of infectious lesions (condylomas/genital warts), inflammatory changes and chronic diseases
- Treatment of benign diseases (fibroids, genital malformations, hemorrhages)
- Urinary incontinence treatment
- Mammology
- Diagnostics
- Clinical examination
- High resolution ultrasound
- Mammography
- Needle aspiration biopsy
- Ultrasound-, mammography-, MRI-guided vacuum biopsy
- Examinations in collaboration with the Department of Radiology (digital mammography, tomography mammogram, 3D mammography and breast MRI)
- Therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation therapy
- Hormone therapy
- Targeted therapy
- Combination therapy
- Organ-sparing interventions on the mammary gland
- Radical resection followed by plastic surgery in order to restore breast shape
- Breast plastic surgery (breast augmentation, reduction, breast lift)
- Diagnostics
- Obstetrics
- Prenatal medicine
- First trimester screening
- Diagnostics of functionality of the fetal organs (for example, fetal echocardiography)
- Fetal MRI
- Invasive diagnostics: сhorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, cordocentesis
- Invasive therapy: intrauterine blood transfusion, for example, in fetal anemia caused by infections or incompatibility with the mother's blood type, catheter therapy for fluid drainage from the pleural cavity and other therapeutic options
- Childbirth (natural, C-section)
- Postpartum care both for mother and baby
- Prenatal medicine
- Other diagnostic and therapeutic services
Curriculum vitae
Education and Professional Career
- 1986 - 1993 Study of Human Medicine at the Rhine-Westphalian Technical Aachen University.
- 1993 - 1996 Assistant Physician, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Ulm.
- 1996 - 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow at the German Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
- 1999 Assistant Physician, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Freiburg.
- 04.07.2001 Board certification in Gynecology and Obstetrics.
- 01.09.2001 Senior Physician, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Freiburg.
- 11.12.2003 Habilitation. Subject: "Specific regulation of alternative splicing on a model of breast cancer oncogenesis".
- 01.09.2004 Leading Senior Physician/Deputy Head of the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital Freiburg.
- 12.2005 Optional training in Special Surgical Gynecology.
- 12.2005 Specialization in Gynecological Oncology.
- 01.2006 Invitation to hold a post at the independent Department of Breast Cancer Surgery/Senology at the Rhine-Westphalian Technical Aachen University of Aachen.
- 10.2006 Appointment as Extraordinary Professor at the University of Freiburg.
- 03.2007 Representative of the Mammology Center at the University Hospital Freiburg at the Ludwig-Heilmeyer Comprehensive Cancer Center as part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg.
- 07.2007 - 04.2013 Deputy Director (Responsible for Interdisciplinary Clinical Care) of the Ludwig Heilmeyer-Comprehensive Cancer Center as part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg.
- 10.2007 Accreditation as Gynecological Oncologist (at the European level), European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (EBCOG) and European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO).
- 07.2008 Research on the Rapporteur Program "Hormone-Dependent Cancer" of the Ludwig Heilmeyer-Comprehensive Cancer Center as part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg.
- 01.2012 Medical Director of the Breast Center at the University Hospital Freiburg and the Medical Director of the Breast Center Freiburg-Münsterplatz.
- 04.2013 Head of the Task Force on Gynecological Oncology at the German Consortium of Translational Cancer Research.
- 2012 - 2015 Executive Board Member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg.
- 2012 - 2015 Medical Director of the Breast Center at the University Hospital Freiburg and Medical Director of the Breast Center Freiburg-Münsterplatz.
- 2014 - 2015 Scientific Co-Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg.
- 09.2015 Optional advanced training in Special Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine.
- Since 01.10.2015 Head of the Department of Gynecology, Mammology and Obstetrics at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
About hospital
According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital RWTH Aachen ranks among the top German hospitals!
As a maximum care university medical facility, the hospital guarantees patients first-class medical services combined with a respectful and human attitude. The hospital integrates all the modern options for the accurate diagnostics, effective therapy and productive research activities within one specialized center.
The hospital has more than 60 departments, institutes and interdisciplinary centers. A competent team of professionals, consisting of more than 7,000 employees (more than 940 doctors, including about 95 professors), takes care of the patients' health. In addition, multidisciplinary teams of nurses, physiotherapists, as well as medical and technical staff are available here. The patients and respectful attitude to their social, cultural and religious affiliations are at the center of all employees' efforts.
The cornerstone of the successful clinical practice is the innovative technical base. The hospital offers the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Thus, the hospital has all the resources in order to provide top-class medical services.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital RWTH Aachen live in comfortable single and double rooms. All patient rooms are designed with large windows, so one can enjoy a beautiful landscape view. Each patient room has an ensuite bathroom. The standard room furnishing includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a spacious wardrobe, a TV, a radio and a telephone. Also, there is Wi-Fi access.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason you do not eat all the foods, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences prior to the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Toilet
Shower
Wi-Fi
TV
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a patient room or at the hotel of your choice.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you can live at a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you to choose the most suitable options.
The hospital offers a full range of laboratory tests (general, hormonal, tests for infections, antibodies, tumor markers, etc.), genetic tests, various modifications of ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI and PET / CT, angiography, myelography, biopsy and other examinations. Treatment with medications, endoscopic and robotic operations, stereotaxic interventions is carried out here, modern types of radiation therapy are also used. The hospital offers patients all the necessary therapeutic techniques.
- Embolization of tumors and vascular malformations
- Aortic surgery, including in children
- Radiosurgical interventions in the head and body region
- Cochlear implantation
- Treatment of all types of sports injuries
These are pathologies of the brain and spinal cord, benign and malignant tumors of various localizations, congenital and acquired heart defects, joint pathologies, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, eye injuries, inflammatory skin diseases, allergies and other pathologies.
- Oncology (EU Regional Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care Aachen)
- Pediatric cardiac surgery
- General and abdominal surgery
- Plastic and burn surgery
- Pediatric and adolescent medicine
Over 940 highly qualified doctors work at the hospital.
