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A short moment of time out
In order to make the course of therapy and radiotherapy as easy as possible for children in particular, the WPE has been using unusual measures since this year - such as a virtual playground and clown visits. Nico Sterr and Nicole Stember from the WPE's Psychosocial Service explain the context in an interview.
Strength in difficult times
Since this year, the WPE has been saying goodbye to its patients after their last radiotherapy treatment with a melodious ritual: children as well as adults can ring a bell in the foyer of the building as part of a small ceremony, literally bringing the therapy to a close.
Ice hockey, football & co. for young patients
BE STRONG FOR KIDS has made it possible to realise a virtual playground in the WPE that offers cancer patients a break from radiotherapy.
The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE) now official partner of NHS England
The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE) at the University Medical Centre Essen is delighted to provide Proton Beam Therapy services while two new PBT centres in England prepare to come online from later this year. “We are very proud to have been awarded the contract. NHS England is benefitting from our large network […]
German Medical Journal – No.22 Digital Edition / eBook 1_2018 – Proton Beam Therapy
Radiotherapy with protons is an innovative method in cancer treatment. Besides conventional radiotherapy with photons, irradiation with protons is identified to offer considerable advantages for treating tumors whenever high-precision and sparing irradiation is required. Read more
Major milestone – WPE treats its 1,000th patient
The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE), part of the University Medical Centre of Essen and located on the campus of University Hospital Essen, is delighted to celebrate a very special anniversary as we approach the Christmas season: a 15-year-old girl, Lena, has become the 1,000th patient to be treated by WPE. The West […]
Fourth Treatment Room Opens – Essen facility is the Largest Proton Therapy Centre Located at a University Hospital in Germany
The WPE has commissioned its fourth treatment room, making the WPE the largest proton therapy centre of its kind at a university hospital in Germany. The expanded treatment capacity will now be used by the team to offer proton therapy to even more people with cancer. “With the commissioning of the fourth and, therefore, the […]
Proton Therapy with Intensity Modulation at the WPE
Since January 2015, intensity modulated proton irradiation therapy (IMPT) has also been carried out at the West German Proton Therapy Centre in Essen (WPE). “In addition to the use of the magnetic, active beam guidance (“Pencil Beam Scanning”), the first commissioning of our new planning system, the so-called “RayStation”, was launched in January 2015, according […]
Study on the Quality of Life in Children with Cancer
A prospective study on the health-related quality of life of children with brain and cranial base tumours from the age of 2 -7 years has now been started by the West German Proton Therapy Centre in Essen (WPE). “The rate of healing in children with cancer is now very high. Since the quality of life […]
The Fourth Interdisciplinary Training Course “Radiotherapy of Cancer Diseases in Childhood”
On the 3rd and 4th of December 2015, under the leadership of Prof. Dr. med. Beate Timmermann, the 4th Interdisciplinary Training Event “Radiation Therapy of Cancer Diseases in Childhood” of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Paediatrian Radioonkologie (APRO) was a huge success. Fifty-one participants from all over Germany were present. As in previous years, the event was organized […]