Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Trials

Experts

Learning Resources

Trainings: CCCC Trainings and Events

Primary purpose: To provide information and updates on a wide range of events organized by the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, including medical professional training, oncology congresses, patient events, and initiatives by cancer self-help groups.

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals, scientists, patients and the general public.

Access Information: Information [1].

Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods

Diagnostics

Radiology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine CT scanners 14
Machine MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) 12
Machine Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) Yes
Machine Ultrasound Yes
Machine High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Yes
Machine Gamma Camera Yes
Technique Ultrasound guided biopsy Yes
Technique Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Yes
Technique EBUS-TBNA Yes
Technique CT guided biopsis Yes
Technique E/S Fine-needle biopsy Yes
Technique Angiography 9
Nuclear Medicine
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Pet Scan Yes
Machine PET CT Yes
Machine PET/MRI Yes
Facility Radionuclide treatment facilities Yes
Machine SPECT Yes
Machine SPECT CT Yes
Technique Sentinel node scintigraphy Yes
Technique Bone scintigraphy Yes
Pathology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Electron microscopy Yes
Facility Cytology laboratory Yes
Technique Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) Yes
Technique FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) Yes
Technique Cytometry Yes
Technique Histochemistry Yes
Technique Cytogenetics Yes
Pathology: Molecular Tests
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique PGR Yes
Technique KI-67 Yes
Technique PDL1 Yes
Technique PI3KCA Yes
Technique ER Yes
Technique KRAS Yes
Technique BRAF Yes
Technique NTRK Yes
Technique RET Yes
Technique MET Yes
Technique EGFR Yes
Technique ALK Yes
Technique ROS Yes
Technique HER2 status Yes
Technique COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS Yes
Others
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique Bronchoscopy Yes
Technique Colposcopy Yes
Technique Colonoscopy Yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Specialist Breast surgery Yes
Specialist Urological surgery Yes
Specialist Digestive surgery Yes
Specialist Neurosurgery Yes
Specialist Head and neck surgery Yes
Specialist Orthopaedic surgery Yes
Specialist Oncoplastic surgery Yes
Specialist ENT surgery Yes
Technique Video-assisted thoracoscopy Yes
Technique Robotic surgery Yes
Radiotherapy
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Linear accelerators Yes
Machine Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT Yes
Machine Linear accelerators with IGRT Yes
Machine Brachytherapy unit 2
Machine Intrabeam Yes
Technique Stereotactic radiotherapy Yes
Technique Chemoembolization Yes
Technique Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) Yes
Technique Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) Yes
Technique Total Body Irradiation (TBI) Yes
Technique 3D conformal radiotherapy Yes
Technique Radiosurgery Yes
Technique Proton therapy Yes
Technique CT planning Yes
Technique Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning Yes
Technique PET CT treatment planning Yes
Machine Gamma Knife Yes
Machine CyberKnife Yes
Machine TomoTherapy Machines Yes
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique Allogenic stem cell transplants Yes
Technique Autologous stem cell transplants Yes
Specialists
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Specialist Physician with a specialisation in palliative care Yes
Specialist Neurologist Yes
Specialist Lung physician Yes
Specialist Radiotherapist Yes
Specialist Psychologist or Psychotherapist 14
Specialist Psychiatrist Yes
Specialist Pharmacist Yes
Specialist Social worker Yes
Specialist Spiritual care Yes
Specialist Physiotherapist Yes
Specialist Dietitian Yes
Others
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Endoprosthesis Yes
Technique Interventional Endoscopy Yes
Technique Nephrostomy Yes
Facility Clinical Trial Center Yes
Facility Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit Yes
Technique D-J stent Yes

Quality of Life

Quality of Life
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Survivorship program Yes

Palliative Care

Palliative Care
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) Yes
Facility Home palliative care availability Yes

Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources

Self-help Groups List

Primary purpose: The website provides a list of the active self-help groups in the hospital.

Access Information: Information [2].

Facility: CCCC Events

Primary purpose: To inform and engage patients, healthcare professionals, and the public in the events and activities organized by the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Access Information: Information [3].

Facility: Cancer Hotline

Primary purpose: To serve as the central point of contact for all inquiries related to the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCC), offering assistance and information via phone or written communication.

Access Information: Information [4].

EHDEN Participation

The Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center is part of the EHDEN Network of Data Partners.

The European Health Data and Evidence Network (EHDEN) aims to standardize European health data using OMOP-CDM to facilitate research. The project creates a federated network of data sources for easy access by researchers and policymakers. Its goal is to improve healthcare outcomes through better data quality and interoperability.

Primary purpose: Cancer cohort from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Type of information: Unknown.

Data level: Regional level.

Number of records: 200,000 patients.

Data range: 2023 onwards.

Open Data Access: Data is not publicly available. Instructions for data request [5].

Contact information: Contact [6].