Sarcoma Center

Welcome

The term sarcoma covers malignant tumors of soft tissues and bones, for which highly specialized diagnostics and therapy are necessary to treat patients successfully. Due to the rarity of these tumors, treatment at specialized centers is of particular importance.

To meet this demand, the Sarcoma Center Dresden was founded in 2016. It is part of the National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC), which has been funded by German Cancer Aid as an Oncological Center of Excellence for the treatment of cancer since 2007.

The Sarcoma Center at the NCT/UCC Dresden fulfills the quality criteria set by the German Cancer Society and has been awarded the distinction "Sarcoma Center with Recommendation of the German Cancer Society e.V.". In addition, the Sarcoma Center has a certified quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9001.

The aim of the Sarcoma Center is to optimize the complex process of diagnosis and therapy of bone and soft tissue sarcomas in patients in childhood, adolescence and adulthood by bundling expertise and infrastructures according to existing guidelines and study protocols. 

 

At the Sarcoma Center Dresden, a multidisciplinary team of specialists and state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic facilities are available for diagnosis and therapy.

In the interdisciplinary sarcoma board, which meets twice a week, all patient histories are discussed and the optimal treatment strategy for each individual case is determined.

Through our study center, we also have the opportunity to offer you new drug developments or combination therapies, sometimes in the earliest stages of development (within the Phase I unit) within the framework of scientific studies.  

As a certified sarcoma center, we are in active exchange with other sarcoma centers within the framework of national and international networks in order to further advance and optimize the diagnosis, therapy and support of patients with sarcoma.

Supportive services such as psycho-oncological care, oncological nursing rounds, physiotherapy or socio-legal advice are an integral part of our therapy concept.

The DKG certification as a sarcoma center covers the treatment of adult sarcoma patients. In addition, children and adolescents with sarcomas are cared for in close cooperation with the Children's Oncology Center at the NCT/UCC Dresden, which is also certified according to the requirements of the DKG.

On the following pages you will find general information about the Sarcoma Center, our range of services, the treatment procedures and the various consultation hours. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

Consultation hours

Visceral surgery sarcoma consultation
Mondays OP-planning consultation
Tuesdays - fridays
Interdisciplinary outpatient clinic of the NCT/UCC Dresden, house 31c, ground floor
Phone: +49 (0)351 458-4500

Tumor orthopedic consultation
Mondays, tuesdays, thursdays, fridays
Interdisciplinary outpatient clinic of the NCT/UCC Dresden, house 31c, ground floor
Phone: +49 (0)351 458-4500

Internal medicine consultation
Mondays - fridays
Outpatient clinic hematology / oncology and day clinic at the NCT/UCC Dresden, house 31c, 2nd floor
Phone: +49 (0)351 458-2583

Contact

Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Weitz
Head of the Sarcoma Center

  • Director of the Clinic for Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-2742
Email: sarkome(at)ukdd.de

 

Prof. Dr. med. Klaus-Dieter Schaser
Head of the Sarcoma Center

  • Medical Director UniversityCenter for Orthopedics, Trauma & Plastic Surgery

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-3777
Email: sarkome(at)ukdd.de

PD Dr. med. Christine Hofbauer

  • Medical Coordinator at the NCT/UCC

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-4500

 

Dr. med. Johanna Kirchberg

  • Senior physician of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (VTG)

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-2742

Dr. med. Hagen Fritzsche

  • Senior Physician at the Center for Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery (OUPC)

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-3777

Dr. med. Stephan Richter

  • Senior physician of the Medical Clinic I - Hematology and Oncology Division (MK1)

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-2311

Dr. med. Christina Jentsch

  • Senior physician of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Radiotherapy and Radiooncology

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-2095

Carolin Schwabe, MPH

  • Center coordinator and quality management representative of the Sarcoma Center at NCT/UCC Dresden

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-19479
Email: carolin.schwabe(at)ukdd.de

Specialties

Main focus

  • Primary malignant bone tumours
  • Soft tissue sarcomas
  • Benign and semi-malignant bone and soft tissue tumours
  • Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST)

 

General

  • Guideline-compliant diagnostics, therapy and follow-up care
  • Individual treatment plan tailored to the needs of the patient
  • Implementation of the latest research and treatment methods
  • Review of treatment options within the framework of clinical studies
  • Tumour conference twice a week (referring doctors can present their patients here)
  • Referral to human genetic counselling in case of familial risk via the Institute for Clinical Genetics of the University Hospital Dresden
  • Highly specialised medical specialists with many years of experience in oncology
  • Professionally trained nursing team with additional training in oncology
  • Operating theatre equipment at the highest technical level
  • Presentation for second opinion

 

Diagnostics

  • Imaging diagnostics including sonography, computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET)
  • Tissue sampling (biopsy), histological examinations
  • Molecular genetic diagnostics (also in the NCT Master Programme)
  • Highly specialised nuclear medical examination procedures

 

Therapy

  • Operations using minimally invasive surgery incl. robotic surgery, metastasis surgery on the liver and lungs, navigation-assisted techniques, resection procedures incl. laser-assisted procedures
  • Extensive en bloc resections of the spine and pelvis
  • Function-preserving (plastic) reconstructions after soft tissue and bone tumour resections
  • Systemic therapies (immunotherapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy incl. antibody therapy)
  • Radiotherapy incl. proton therapy
  • Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
  • Selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT)

 

Counselling, support and therapy-accompanying services

  • Psycho-oncological care
  • Social legal counselling
  • Nutritional counselling
  • Physiotherapy
  • Follow-up examinations in the consultation hours
  • Support services after treatment via the Prevention Center of the National Center for Tumour Diseases
  • Specialised outpatient palliative care
  • Nursing counselling for patients and relatives
  • Oncological nursing rounds

Participating institutions

Sarcoma board

Every patient of the Sarcoma Center at the NCT/UCC Dresden is presented and discussed in the Sarcoma Conference, which takes place twice a week. The diagnostic and therapeutic procedure is determined individually by the experts of the respective fields. Physicians in private practice and colleagues from hospitals in the region can also present their patients at our interdisciplinary tumor conferences and receive a therapy recommendation once all the necessary examination results are available.

Sarcoma board times

Mondays

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

house 31c, ground floor, room 0.1111

Wednesdays

2 pm - 3 pm

house 31c, ground floor, room 0.1111

An overview of all tumor boards of the National Center for Tumor Diseases as well as information on registration can be found here.

Certifications

Since 2021, the Sarcoma Center has met the quality criteria set by the German Cancer Society and has been awarded the distinction "Sarcoma Center with Recommendation of the German Cancer Society e.V.". In addition, the Sarcoma Center has a certified quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9001. The following tumor entities are certified within the Sarcoma Center:

  • Soft tissue sarcomas
  • Bone sarcomas

 

Self-help groups and other support services

German Sarcoma Foundation

The German Sarcoma Foundation is committed to improving the situation of sarcoma patients in Germany. It is a joint organization of patients and experts and is involved in the areas of information, research, training and care structures.

Patients, relatives and interested parties are committed to the interests of those affected by sarcoma in the German Sarcoma Foundation's patient support group.
Email: info(at)sarkome.de, Phone: +49 (0)700-4884 0700

www.sarkome.de

Sonnenstrahl e.V. – Support group for children and young people with cancer

The Sonnenstrahl e. V. Dresden is an association financed by donations, which cares for children and adolescents with cancer and their families. Since 1990, we have been supporting affected families in close cooperation with the oncological children's ward (KIK-S2/KIK-S7) of the University Hospital Dresden. On the website www.sonnenstrahl-ev.org you can learn more about our offers for families during intensive therapy and beyond.

Sonnenstrahl e.V. Dresden
Goetheallee 13
01309 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0)351 315 839 00
www.sonnenstrahl-ev.org
info(at)sonnenstrahl-ev.org

Contact and Information Center for Self-Help Groups Dresden (KISS)

The Contact and Information Center for Self-Help Groups Dresden offers support and advice to interested citizens and existing self-help groups. If you have questions about self-help or are looking for a suitable self-help group, you are welcome to contact the KISS:

KISS
Ehrlichstraße 3
01067 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0)351 2 06 19 85
Fax: +49 (0)351 5 00 76 36
www.dresden.de/selbsthilfe
kiss(at)dresden.de

More information and events

Current events of the NCT/UCC Dresden can be found here.