Bremen-Mitte is a multidisciplinary medical center that sees 40,000 patients annually. The Bremen-Mitte Cancer Center is certified by the German Cancer Society (DKG) and the European Cancer Society (ECC). This means that the hospital has all the equipment it needs to diagnose and treat all types of malignant tumors.
The hospital includes 7 research institutes. The largest of them are centers for breast, prostate, and stomach cancer.
Bremen-Mitte is one of the few hospitals in the country and in Europe where patients with malignant tumors can be treated:
- NEOliquid liquid biopsy is the latest development by German scientists, which allows the reaction of a neoplasm in the lungs to therapy to be determined without the traumatic puncture of the sternum – with a blood test.
- HIPEC therapy is the washing of the abdominal cavity with a heated solution of chemopreparations. The technique is used to treat patients with end-stage peritoneal tumors.
At the Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, one of the top specialists in the treatment of prostate cancer works:
- Prof. Sebastian Melchior, according to Focus magazine, is one of the best oncourological specialists in Germany. The doctor has over 25 years of experience. He supervises surgeries on prostate tumor removal with the help of da Vinci robot through incisions up to 2 cm. After the intervention, the man retains erectile and urinary functions. Sebastian Melchior has received the Bookimed Awards as the best specialist in prostate surgery.
- Prof. Jörg Grjotike is the chief physician of the Department of Oncology at Nordic Clinic Alliance with more than 25 years of experience. The doctor specializes in immuno-, chemo- and targeted therapy. In 2007, he became a senior physician at the Center for Internal Medicine Bremen-Mitte.
