Cancer treatment in Vivantes Hospital Group
To effectively treat cancer patients specialists from different fields in Vivantes work in close cooperation with each other. Specialized clinics and centers of Vivantes practice very specific knowledge about some types of cancer and its methods of treatment.
In order to combine different knowledge and make them accessible to the patient at an equivalent high level, a special Tumor Center was created in the Vivantes network. As a comprehensive institution, it coordinates the cooperation of highly specialized teams of clinics network.
Thanks to modern communication channels, now every patient, regardless of what clinic he is in, gets immediate access to the base of doctors, technologies and knowledge.
The tumor center of Vivantes consists of three cancer centers in the north, south and in the center of Berlin. All three cancer centers are certified by the German Society for Hematology and Oncology (DGHO).
Also, the center of the breast of the clinic Vivantes Am Urban and the Center for Lung Cancer Clinic Vivantes Neukolln have the seal of the OnkoZert certification of the German Cancer Society (DKG). Moreover, the Tumor Center confirmed compliance with the quality standard DIN EN ISO 9001.
In 2015, Skin Cancer Centers in the Friedrichshain and Spandau clinics were DIN certified and recertified in 2016.
Since 2009, the Department of Pathology of the Vivantes Clinic Group has been supported by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), making it the largest accredited CAP institution in Germany. CAP accreditation is applied internationally as evidence of high quality medicine.
Also, all Vivantes clinics received a certificate of "Patient Safety".
Oncology in Vivantes in Figures and Facts:
- Three VIVANTES Cancer Centers conduct 22% of all inpatient cancer treatment in Berlin.
- In 2016, 11,025 patients with cancer patients were treated in Vivantes.
- In recent years, the number of cancer patients has increased steadily. For comparison, the indicator for 2016 is 36% higher than in 2005.
- Malignant urological diseases, namely the prostate, kidneys, ureters and bladder, account for almost half of the cases of oncological diseases in Berlin.
- Skin cancer accounts for more than one third of cancers in Vivantes clinics.
- Leukemia in adults is made every fourth case among cancer patients in Vivantes clinics.
- Outpatient rehabilitation and hospice services are attended by more than 110 centers, specialized departments, institutes and hospitals out of a total of 132.
- More than two-thirds of the 2,250 doctors in Vivantes are involved in cancer treatment.
- Over the past 10 years, the Vivantes Group has conducted 285 successful studies in the field of oncology.
The methods of treatment that Vivantes uses:
- chemotherapy;
- hormone therapy;
- immunotherapy;
- surgery;
- radiotherapy;
- palliative care.
The Vivantes clinics Network annually initiates screening programs for cervical cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer and colon cancer.
Orthopedics in Vivantes
In the clinics of the Vivantes network, modern medical care is provided for any disease of the musculoskeletal system, the results of an accident or sports injuries to the limbs and spine. Minimally invasive procedures are used in hospitals. Thus, in Vivantes, the course for rapid recovery is set.
The range of services varies from endoprosthetics, to spinal surgery, hand and foot surgery, as well as pediatric orthopedics, sports orthopedics, arthroscopy and rheumatology.
The best in orthopedics clinic network Vivantes:
- Vivantes Auguste-Victoria (special orthopedic surgery and traumatology, EPC Max endoprosthetics center, spinal surgery center);
- Vivantes Am Urban (Department of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Hand Surgery);
- Friedrichshain Clinic (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Endoprosthetics, Center for Spine Diseases).
In the specialized clinic of orthopedic surgery, traumatic surgery, EndoProsthetic Center for Maxillary Care and in the Center for Spine Surgery, it is possible to perform all orthopedic procedures, artificial replacement of joints, including very complex interventions and joint operations.
Due to its outstanding experience and a very large number of cases, Vivantes Clinic Auguste-Victoria was the first in Berlin and Brandenburg, which received the certificate of the highest-level of service center (EPZ-Max) for the replacement of the hip and replacement of the knee joints.
Another important specialty of the clinic is spine diseases due to stress, accident or inflammation. This Specialized Center for Spine Surgery is also treating patients with malignant tumors, benign tumors or infections in the area of bone or soft tissues.
The Center uses an interdisciplinary approach. Here practitioners work hand in hand from physiotherapy, occupational therapy, anesthesia or pain therapy, radiology, oncology, pathology and plastic surgery.
Neurosurgery in Vivantes
Neurological and neurosurgical departments in Clinic Vivantes are examples of modern diagnosis and treatment of all diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, muscles, blood vessels, the base of the skull, and the spine. Vivantes clinic provides quality medical care to patients of any age.
Here the multidisciplinary approach of and inter-professional cooperation is used, which greatly expands the horizons and possibilities of helping patients.
The best clinics of the Vivantes network in neurosurgery:
- Friedrichshain Clinic (Department of Neurosurgery, Skull and Spine Base Surgery Center);
- Vivantes Clinic Neukeln (Department of Neurosurgery, Head and Skull Base Health Center).
Clinic Friedrichshain and Vivantes Clinic Neukolln are leaders in the field of neurosurgery. Close collegial exchange allows finding a surgical method for each patient individually. Also, clinics use more conservative methods, i.e, non-surgical methods of treatment, which can also significantly improve the quality of patients life.
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