NCT West: Cologne / Essen
The West German Cancer Center (WTZ) in Essen and the Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) in Cologne cooperate in the National Center for Tumor Diseases West. The two centers of excellence in oncology at the university hospitals in Essen and Cologne link all six university hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia via the 'Excellence Network Cancer Medicine NRW'. This ensures that the 18 million people living in Germany's most populous state have direct access to research into the latest diagnostic and treatment procedures at the NCT.
Supporting Institutions
The NCT West is supported by the University Hospitals of Essen and Cologne, the Universities of Duisburg-Essen and Cologne and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ).
- German Cancer Research Center
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- University Hospital Essen
- University of Cologne
- University Hospital Cologne
The qualification of the university hospitals in Essen and Cologne for the expanded NCT is based on decades of preparatory work. In addition, the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW (MKW) supported the joint focus on 'translational data sciences' and 'computational cancer biology' through targeted project funding. Further information can be found on the homepage of the CCCE NRW.
Main research areas NCT West
Essen and Cologne are internationally leading locations for cancer medicine and home to large national study groups. The NCT West focuses on clinical trial and research structures for precision diagnostics, local and systemic therapies, translational data science and computational cancer biology, which are closely linked to innovative, multidimensional characterization of the tumor, the host and their treatment responses. Prioritized disease programs at NCT West include lung cancer, lymphomas and leukemias, tumors of the digestive tract, prostate, familial breast and ovarian cancer and skin cancer. Rare diseases such as eye tumors, sarcomas and childhood cancers are also targeted at the NCT West.
Managing Directorate of the NCT West
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hallek
Spokesperson of the NCT Steering Committee and NCT West
Managing Director NCT West
Director of the Clinic I for Internal Medicine and Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Cologne at the University Hospital Cologne
Prof. Dr. med. Martin Schuler
Spokesperson for the NCT West Steering Committee
Managing Director NCT West
Director of the Department of Medical Oncology and Deputy Director of the West German Cancer Center Essen, University Medicine Essen
Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Bruns
Managing Director NCT West
Director of the Clinic and Policlinic for General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Cologne
Prof. Dr. med. Uta Dirksen
Managing Director NCT West
Senior Physician, Deputy Director of the Department of Pediatrics, University Medicine Essen
Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Schadendorf
Managing Director NCT West
Director of the Department of Dermatology, University Medicine Essen, and of the West German Cancer Center Essen, University Medicine Essen
Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Wolf
Managing Director NCT West
Medical Director of the Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Cologne at the University Hospital Cologne
Dr. rer. nat Natalie Diermann
Member of the Managing Directorate of the NCT West
Head of Administration NCT West
Dr. rer. nat. Alexandra da Palma Guerreiro | Dr. rer. nat. Rhoda Wismer |
Dr. rer. nat. Paul Rodermund | Dr. rer. nat. Maria Josten |
Dr. med. Sebastian Michels | Dr. med. Isabel Virchow, M.Sc. |
Janine Scholz | Sabine Treppner |