Brachytherapy in breast cancer in University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich
University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich
Munich, Germany
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352274
Prof. Dr. med. Stephanie Combs
Department of Adult and Pediatric Radiation Therapy
Specialized in: adult and pediatric radiation therapy 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 marker
- ultrasound pelvic and abdominal
- preoperative care
- radioactive seeds implantation
- symptomatic treatment
- control examinations
- the cost of essential medicines and materials
- nursing services
- 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
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Radiation Therapy at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich provides top-class conduction of all types of modern radiation therapy for the treatment of malignant and benign diseases. In most cases, irradiation is indicated to patients with cancers, but this treatment method is also effective for some benign diseases: tennis elbow, arthrosis, as well as other degenerative and inflammatory joint diseases. The department's doctors offer patients individual consultations and radiation therapy using the very latest medical technologies, which guarantee high precision of irradiation and sparing treatment. The department provides many innovative types of radiation therapy, which can effectively deal with all types of cancer. In addition, the department's doctors welcome the use of symptomatic treatment to improve the patients' quality of life and the effectiveness of irradiation. The specialists often resort to traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and other procedures. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Stephanie Combs.
The department's medical team consists of highly qualified specialists in neuro-oncology (treatment of brain tumors), pediatric radiation therapy (treatment of cancers in children), gynecologic oncology (treatment of breast cancer and female reproductive tumors), uro-oncology (treatment of prostate cancer, bladder cancer), treatment of head and neck tumors, as well as thoracic and gastrointestinal tumors.
The department has two innovative linear accelerators, a tomotherapy system, a brachytherapy system and a Gamma Knife. Such a powerful technical base allows the specialists to carry out the most advanced and highly effective types of radiation therapy, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy, image-guided radiation therapy, respiratory-gated radiotherapy, total body irradiation, etc. In addition, the department's doctors have more than 10 years of experience in the field of stereotactic irradiation for the treatment of malignant head and neck tumors (in some cases, this type of therapy is also indicated to patients with neoplasms of a different localization).
The treatment in the department begins with a consultation, during which the doctor studies the patient's medical history, asks about his complaints and, if necessary, prescribes additional diagnostic examinations to determine the most effective irradiation technique. The doctor then tells the patient in detail about the possible treatment options, their features, possible side effects and the expected result of the therapy. The next step is treatment planning. The planning of the forthcoming radiation therapy is carried out using the results of computed tomography (CT). During the examination, the doctor applies the markings on the patient's skin. Planning allows the specialists to determine the target area for irradiation with millimeter precision, while minimizing harm to the adjacent healthy tissue. Immediately before starting radiation therapy, doctors use a CT scanner built into the linear accelerator to make sure that the previously applied markings correspond to the patient's current body position. Considering all the preparations, the first session of radiation therapy lasts about an hour, while the irradiation itself takes only a few minutes. The duration and frequency of procedures is determined for each patient individually, based on a particular clinical case. After the last irradiation session, doctors carry out a follow-up examination to assess the treatment outcome. In the future, the patient will undergo follow-up diagnostics to assess the condition in dynamics.
The department's specialists have successful experience in radiation therapy in children. Advanced equipment allows doctors of the medical facility to targetedly use high doses of radiation, while protecting healthy tissues as much as possible. Children and adolescents with oncopathology receive effective and safe treatment even for the most complex types of cancer, including medulloblastomas, ependymomas and other tumors. In addition, children receive the so-called "multitarget radiation", in which radiation therapy is carried out simultaneously on several parts of the body.
The department offers the following therapeutic options:
- Stereotactic radiation therapy is performed at the Center for Stereotactic and Personalized High-Precision Radiation Therapy (STEREOTAKTUM). The particular advantages of this method include high accuracy, achievement of the results in just a few treatment sessions, and good compatibility with other therapies. This therapy is best for treating small tumors in the lungs, liver, and brain.
- Gamma Knife radiosurgery is the most advanced and highly accurate treatment method for brain metastases, brain tumors and skull base tumors. With the minimum dose of radiation, the device provides high-quality results and protects adjacent healthy tissues.
- Intensity modulated radiation therapy allows carrying out the most accurate (up to a millimeter) targeted irradiation. This therapy is the most common in the department's clinical practice. If indicated, this type of therapy is complemented by tomotherapy.
- Image-guided radiation therapy is performed using the very latest accelerators and computed tomography scanners.
- Respiratory-gated radiation therapy ("respiratory gating") is used for the postoperative treatment of patients with left-sided breast cancer. This method can significantly reduce radiation exposure to the heart.
- 3D conformal radiation therapy is an irradiation technique based on volumetric planning to replicate the shape of the tumor as accurately as possible. To conduct this type of radiation therapy, CT, MRI or PET scanning is most often used (only for some tumors).
- Tomotherapy is one of the very latest technologies in radiation therapy. It combines computed tomography (CT) and linear accelerator in one system. During irradiation, the radiation source rotates around the patient.
- Brachytherapy is a technique in which a radiation source is placed directly into the tumor. The sources of radiation are radioactive substances with a small range of ionizing particles. It is one of the most effective treatment methods for prostate cancer.
- Total body irradiation is used to destroy residual malignant cells in the bone marrow. After chemotherapy and total body radiation therapy, a bone marrow or stem cell transplantation is performed to replace the affected blood stem cells. The procedure is performed with the linear accelerator.
- Radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer in children, including tomotherapy and so-called multitarget irradiation.
- Other types of radiation therapy
Curriculum vitae
University Education
- 10.1996 - 04.2003 Faculty of Medicine, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, University of Texas (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA.
- 04.2003 State examination.
- 04.2003 Doctor of Medicine, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Institute of Neuroanatomy. Subject: "TGF-βs, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide and development of sympathoadrenal cell line" (magna cum laude).
Professional Career
- Postdoctoral Fellowship and Residency, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany.
- Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ).
- 2007 - 2014 Head of Research Group on Neuro-Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany.
- 02.2009 Theoretical basis of the specialty, radiation protection.
- 07.2009 Board certification, Radiation Oncology.
- 10.2009 Consultant, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany.
- 12.2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Habilitation in Radiation Oncology.
- 2011 - 2014 Deputy Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany.
- 11.2011 Additional qualification in Palliative Care.
- Since 04.2014 Professor and Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Radiation Therapy at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich, Germany.
- Since 04.2014 Director of the Institute of Innovative Radiotherapy (iRT), Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany.
Awards, Prizes and Honors
- 2012 Robert Janker Award in Palliative Medicine.
- 2010 Behnken-Berger Foundation Award (Berlin), research work in the field of ion therapy.
- 2010 Hermann Holthusen Award of the German Society for Radiation Oncology and Radiation Therapy.
- 2007 - 2009 Olympia Morata Habilitation Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg.
- 2006 Sigrid and Karl-Georg Hengstberger Award.
- 2004 - 2006 Young Investigator Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg.
- 2005 Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG) Scholarship.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG).
- German Cancer Society (DKG).
- Working Group on Radiation Oncology (ARO) of the German Cancer Society (DKG).
- Working Group on Gynecologic Oncology (AGO) of the German Cancer Society (DKG).
- European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO).
- German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO).
- German Professional Association of Radiation Therapists (BVDST).
- European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG).
Photo of the doctor: (c) Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München
About hospital
The University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich was founded in 1834. It combines long traditions with the very latest advances in modern medicine. The medical facility includes 33 specialized departments and 20 interdisciplinary centers, where patients can receive top-class medical care in all medical fields.
The hospital annually admits more than 65,000 inpatients for diagnostics and treatment, and about 250,000 outpatients receive effective medical care. The hospital also performs more than 40,000 surgical procedures every year, and about 2,100 babies are born here annually. One of the most significant achievements of the medical facility can be called the first transplantation of both arms above the elbow performed in 2008. The surgery that lasted 15 hours, and in which 40 doctors of various medical specialties took part, became a real sensation in the scientific world. Thanks to a unique surgical procedure, the doctors managed to give the patient new hands.
In addition, the employees of the hospital are actively involved in research activities, in which they study various diseases, as well as develop new therapeutic options for their treatment. It should be noted that the research institutes of the hospital are among the most reputable research organizations in the world. A striking example can be considered the Roman Herzog Comprehensive Cancer Center, whose specialists cooperate closely with the Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich in order to find new treatment methods for cancers.
The university hospital has a strict quality management system to maintain a high level of patient care. Since 2011, the hospital has been certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 at the national and international level. The medical facility was also recertified by TÜV Rheinland in 2020.
The hospital annually provides medical services not only to German citizens, but also to thousands of patients from different countries of the world. This indicates that the hospital has an excellent reputation in the international medical arena and takes on the most complex clinical cases where other medical centers are unable to help the patient.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich live in comfortable single and double rooms with modern design. An accompanying person may stay with the patient in the single room. All patient rooms have an ensuite bathroom with shower and toilet. The furnishings of a standard patient room include an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table for personal belongings, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, a wardrobe, a telephone and a TV. The patient rooms also have Wi-Fi.
The hospital also has enhanced-comfort rooms, corresponding to the level of a high-end hotel. Such patient rooms have additional amenities: a safe, a mini fridge and upholstered furniture.
Meals and Menus
The patients of the hospital are offered a balanced and healthy three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The patients have a choice of three different menus for lunch – a classic full menu, as well as a dietary and vegetarian one. When cooking meals, the chefs comply with the current recommendations of the German Society for Nutritional Medicine (DGEM) and the German Nutrition Society (DGE).
If for some reason you do not eat all the foods, you will be offered an individual menu. The hospital also houses a cafeteria with a large assortment of hot and cold drinks, snacks and desserts.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Toilet
Shower
Wi-Fi
TV
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
Your accompanying person may stay with you in your patient room or at the hotel of your choice during the inpatient program.
Hotel
You may stay at the hotel of your choice during the outpatient program. Our managers will support you for selecting the best option.
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.
- CAR T-cell therapy
- Autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
- Radical and organ-preserving interventions for kidney cancer
- Iridoplasty and iridotomy with Nd-YAG laser
These are acute and chronic leukemias, solid malignant tumors, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, heart valves stenosis and insufficiency, vasculitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, pathologies of retina and vitreous body, Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis and other pathologies.
- Hematology and oncology
- Cardiology
- Nephrology
- Urology
- Ophthalmology
Over 877 highly qualified physicians work at the hospital.
