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Overview of hygiene measures in the context of COVID-19 at the WPE
n the past months, a large number of hygiene measures have been taken to adapt or optimise internal procedures. Regular revisions and updates of the regulations are taking place, also taking into account the regulations of the Federal Government/Robert-Koch-Institute as well as the Covid Hospital Outreach Board of the University Hospital Essen.
Colours and superheroes for courage
They are part of everyday life at the WPE: the light green masks that are customised for each patient. Especially when irradiating brain or head and neck tumours, they support the head in such a way that no involuntary movement can interfere, as this is the only way to ensure precise irradiation. A new art therapy project at the West German Proton Therapy Centre now aims to make it easier for children and young people to use the mask - and turn the medical object into their own empowering creation.
Maximum safety for patients and employees
The corona pandemic has also put health care in the Clinic for Particle Therapy at the WPE of the University Medicine Essen to the test: In recent weeks, a large number of actions have been taken to adapt or optimise internal processes.
Much more than a number: WPE treats the 2000th patient
In December 2019, about six and a half years after the opening of the West German Proton Therapy Center, the WPE treated its 2,000th patient: The 71-year-old Franz Ott from Bavaria is suffering from prostate carcinoma and received 20 radiations over four weeks. “The treatment of more than 2,000 patients reflects that we have been […]
THERADNET: EU funding for excellent young researchers
Prof. Dr. Beate Timmermann is convinced that “the well-founded, modern training of our young scientists is essential if we want to continue to optimize the possibilities of radiation therapy in the future”. Accordingly, the Medical Director of the West German Proton Therapy Centre (WPE) and Director of the Clinic for Particle Therapy was delighted that […]
A unique expertise: The paediatric oncological radiation therapy programme at WPE is the largest of its kind in Germany – 1000th child treated
Throughout Germany, around 1,800 children develop cancer every year. About half of them receive radiation therapy. In particular, conformal techniques such as proton therapy are becoming increasingly important in the treatment of childhood tumours.
A day for true heroes
September 5, 2019 was a day for real superheroes - big and small, fictitious and real. The mission of Batman, Spiderman and Co.: to give WPE patients, relatives and staff a super-strong day. Because true heroes wear not always costumes.
HARMONIC research project: “Using a unique, large cohort, we want to analyse the long-term effects of radiation exposure in children”.
In June, the European project "HARMONIC" ("Health Effects of Cardiac Fluoroscopy and Modern Radiotherapy in Paediatrics") was launched. A total of 24 partners from 13 countries are working in close exchange between research and medicine to investigate the long-term health consequences of radiological and radiotherapeutic procedures for children and adolescents.
A new children’s book explains the processes at the WPE
What does WPE mean? Who works there? What actually is a proton? And how can it help to beat cancer? Questions like these are explored in a child-friendly way in "Die Protonen-Mission - Entdecke die Kraft, die in dir steckt". The 28-page book is aimed at young patients at the West German Proton Therapy Centre and was produced with funding from the University Medicine Foundation.
WPE in BB2 documentary “Hospital”
Since February 2018 the WPE has been an official cooperation partner of the National Health Service (NHS) England and has treated more than 60 British children and adolescents with sarcomas or tumours of the central nervous system only in 2018. One of them is three-year-old Charlie, who was accompanied on his treatment by the BBC […]