Helios Berlin-Buch is one of the largest hospitals in Germany with over 200,000 patients coming for treatment every year. Helios Berlin-Buch has been designated a cancer center by the German Cancer Society (DKG). Its doctors specialize in the treatment of gastrointestinal, genitourinary and endocrine cancers, leukemia and all kinds of sarcomas.
To treat cancer, Helios uses the latest and most effective techniques that have been clinically tested and proven effective. These include:
IORT (Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy) is targeted irradiation of the tumor during surgery. The technique makes it possible to avoid traditional postoperative radiotherapy. During IORT, doctors use a high dose of radiation, which minimizes the risk of the disease returning.
HIPEC (“hot chemotherapy”) and PIPAC (“aerosol chemotherapy”) are treatments for multiple abdominal metastases. Treatments are done for stages 3, 4 of gastric, colon, bladder, and ovarian cancer. Because of the high dose of drugs, they are more effective than traditional chemo, with fewer and less side effects.
RFA (radiofrequency ablation) is non-surgical tumor destruction by high temperature. The technique is effective in the early stages of liver and pancreatic cancer.
Helios Berlin-Buch includes a specialized center for the treatment of soft tissue and bone sarcomas, where more than 2,000 patients have been treated over the past 15 years. Hyperthermic isolated chemoperfusion is available here. This is a type of chemotherapy that doctors use to treat soft tissue sarcomas of the hands and feet. They artificially restrict blood flow to the limb so that chemotherapy drugs circulate only to the affected area. According to the clinic, 80 patients out of 100 manage to keep their limb and its mobility after this procedure.
Helios Berlin-Buch employs such top oncologists:
- Dr. Peter Reichardt is the chief physician of the Helios Berlin-Buch Clinic and head of the Department of Oncology and Palliative Care. The doctor has over 30 years of experience in the treatment of cancer. He specializes in radiation therapy and Cyberknife treatment.
- Dr. Ulrich Beetz is the Head of the Sarcoma Center at Helios Berlin-Buch with over 10 years of experience. Dr. Beetz has conducted clinical research into new therapies in oncology and hematology. He specializes in chemo-, immuno- and targeted therapies.
Helios Berlin-Buch is ranked among the best hospitals in Germany by Focus magazine and Newsweek in 2021.
