Department of Hematology and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (292202)

Prof. Dr. med.

Uwe Platzbecker

Specialized in: hematology, blood stem cell transplantation

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The Department of Hematology and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Uwe Platzbecker, which is part of the Internal Medicine I at the University Hospital in Dresden, offers patients the most advanced diagnosis and a top-class treatment. The Department is focused on the treatment of maglinant diseases of the hematopoietic and lymphatic systems. These primarily include acute and chronic leukemias (AML, ALL, CML, CLL), lymphomas (Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin), multiple myeloma (plasmacytoma), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Moreover, the University Hospital in Dresden also provides diagnosis and treatment of rare benign, congenital or acquired blood disorders. 

The University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden has the following cutting-edge treatments: immunotherapy, chemotherapy and therapy involving the use of new targeted drugs. These treatments allow planning and provision of the adapted / individualized treatment for every patient. In addition to medical care in the state-of-the-art outpatient departments, You can also use a day hospital for both treatment and follow-up care. Over the years, patients with congenital and acquired blood clotting disorders have been treated in the outpatient clinic (haemostasiology). The team of the Department under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Uwe Platzbecker has a special competence in allogenous and autologous blood stem cell transplantation. The Transplantation Unit is one of the largest institutions of its kind in Germany and certified by the European JACEI Committee (www.jacie.org) according to the most advanced quality standards. 

The Department of Hematology at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden has outstanding laboratory opportunities in order to diagnose hematologic diseases. Particularly, these include bone marrow cytology, cytogenetics and molecular genetics. Therefore, there are diagnosed not only all patients of the Department of Internal Medicine I, but also the patients referred by the order of the external cooperating partners.