PMID: 9658429Jul 11, 1998Paper

Pediatric hematology and oncology at the Heinrich-Heine University Medical School, Düsseldorf, Germany

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
U Göbel, H Bönig

Abstract

The Heinrich-Heine University Medical Center is a large tertiary care hospital, a major medical research facility, the largest teaching hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University Medical School, and a training facility for both nursing and physiotherapy schools. In 1974, the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology was established as a separate department within the University's Center of Child Health, serving a catchment area of 3 million inhabitants in the northwest of the federal state of Northrhine-Westfalia. With approximately 85 newly diagnosed cases of malignant illness and 25 bone marrow transplantations per annum, the department is one of the larger ones in Germany. The self-understanding of this unit reaches beyond immediate care of patients, however. The department attempts to provide psychosocial support to families, patients, and caregivers. Furthermore, it takes its responsibility as a teaching and research facility quite seriously, aiming to add to our understanding of cancer with the goal of improving the outcome of childhood cancer.

Citations

Jan 18, 2015·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Sabrina WitthoffJan Marienhagen

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