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 blood test
- inflammation markers (CRP, ESR)
- blood coagulation analysis (aPTT, PT, INR)
- breasts ultrasound
- mammography
- biopsy and microbiological examination
(if indicated clinically, additional cost is 2500€) - nursing services
- services of all leading experts
- explanation of individual treatment plan
Required documents
- Medical records
- Ultrasound scan (if available)
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About the department
The Department of Mammology at the University Hospital Muenster offers the full range of interdisciplinary early diagnostics, surgical and conservative treatment of all diseases and pathologies of the mammary gland in women and men. The department specializes in the treatment of benign and malignant breast tumors and it is a recognized Breast Cancer Center in Muenster. When providing the diagnostics and treatment, the doctors use all modern techniques and the very latest medical advances. The Chief Physician of the department is a leading specialist in breast surgery, Dr. med. Joke Tio.
If a disease or pathology of the mammary gland is suspected, the patient undergoes the comprehensive diagnostics using the very latest methods, including mammography, ultrasound examination, etc. The department has 2 mammotomatic devices for biopsy, which allow to identify the localization of the suspicious area in the breast as accurately as possible. Should the malignant process be confirmed, there will be available all modern treatment options. The standard method is sparing surgery. In order to achieve the best results in the treatment and prevention of secondary lesions, the doctors conduct intraoperative irradiation of the tumor area. In addition, the department has advanced experience in the use of progressive techniques, for example, the detection of cytokeratin-positive cells in the spinal cord. This technique allows for detecting micrometastases in the spinal cord, which often develop even at the initial stages of the disease.
In addition to the surgical treatment, there are carried out various types of adjuvant therapy, including hormonal, chemo- and targeted therapy using antibodies and/or bisphosphonates. The decision on the selection of the appropriate type of adjuvant therapy is made within the tumor board. Also, the patients are often given the opportunity to take part in the clinical trials instead of standard therapy, in which promising innovative drugs are tested or prepared for admission to clinical practice.
The service range is complemented with all the options of plastic reconstructive surgery, with the help of which the department's specialists eliminate postoperative defects and achieve the best cosmetic results. The department also offers all common plastic surgical procedures, including breast reduction, augmentation and reshaping using the patient's own tissues and/or implants, etc.
The service range of the department includes the following options:
- Diagnostics of mammary gland nodes and other suspicious detections
- Mammography
- Ultrasound
- CT
- MRI
- Mammotome biopsy
- Diagnostics and treatment of benign and malignant breast tumors
- Organ-conserving surgery
- Minimally invasive interventions, such as sentinel lymph node removal
- Radiation therapy, including intraoperative irradiation (intraoperative radiation therapy)
- Adjuvant therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Hormone therapy
- Targeted antibody therapy
- Prevention and treatment of familial breast cancer
- Cosmetic/plastic breast surgery
- Breast reconstruction after surgery using the patient's own tissues and/or implants
- Breast augmentation
- Breast shape correction, etc.
- Gynecomastia treatment
- Palliative care
- Clinical examinations
- Other diagnostic and therapeutic options
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Münster
About hospital
According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Muenster ranks among the top German hospitals!
The hospital belongs to the most prestigious medical institutions in Germany. The hospital is distinguished by a high professionalism of its doctors, state-of-the-art technological equipment and the availability of the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities ensuring the first-class medical services. The hospital integrates more than 30 specialized departments, as well as numerous institutes and centers, thus representing all the specialties of modern medicine. The hospital treats more than 64,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients every year, which is an indisputable evidence of the highest quality of medical services.
The medical team of the hospital, consisting of more than 10,000 employers, is committed to preserving the physical health of patients, providing them with psychological support and compassionate attitude throughout the entire therapeutic process.
The hospital has succeeded in all specialties of medicine, however, main areas of its specialization include oncology, treatment of cardiovascular, neurological diseases, transplant medicine, psychiatry and psychosomatics, pediatrics with a special focus on rare diseases in children, traumatology, orthopedics, prenatal medicine, and reproductive medicine. In addition, key importance is given to scientific research and training of medical students, so that the specialists of the hospital make a momentous contribution to the development of medicine as a whole.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital Muenster live in single or double rooms. The rooms are made in bright colors and modern design. Each room has an ensuite bathroom with shower and toilet. The standard room includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, a telephone and a TV. The hospital offers access to the Internet. If desired, the patient can also stay in the enhanced-comfort room.
Meals and Menus
The patients of the hospital are offered a tasty and balanced three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu always features diet and vegetarian dishes. If for any reason you do not eat all the food, you will be provided with an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences prior to the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a 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.
- Stereotactic radiotherapy, including intracranial one
- Thulium and holmium laser enucleation of the prostate
- HIPEC for peritoneal cancer
- Imlantation of mechanical heart support systems
- Assisted reproductive technologies
These are arthrosis and sports injuries of the joints, benign neoplasms and malignant tumors of various localizations, spinal injuries, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, urolithiasis, inflammatory bowel disease and other pathologies.
- Traumatology and hand surgery
- Urology
- General and abdominal surgery
- Cardiology and cardiac surgery
- Obstetrics and gynecology
The hospital's team consists of more than 10,000 highly qualified employees.