Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Center
Programs and services
- Certified Center for Peritoneal Surface malignancies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie (DGAV)
- Patient-oriented and modern therapy of peritoneal carcinomatosis
- Individual treatments starting with diagnostic up to rehabilitation
- Interdisciplinary consultation-hour for patients with peritoneal surface malignancies
- Innovative therapy modalities (e.g. hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC))
- Clinical studies and multiple research programs, e.g. tumor metabolism or molecular
- Oncoimmunology (heat shock proteins, multi drug resistance)
- Interdisciplinary tumor boards to discuss and determine a gentle treatment with as low side effects as possible especially for those patients
- Psychooncological, social and pastoring support and cooperation with the self-help group
Cooperating institutions
- Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery
- Department of Internal Medicine II, special focus Hematology, Oncology and Gastroenterology
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- Department of Radiation Oncology
- Member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken
- Specialized resident gastroenterologists
- Gynecologists