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World Brain Tumour Day 2016
The event to celebrate the World Brain Tumour Day took place on 15 June 2016 at the West German Cancer Centre (WTZ) in Essen, Germany. On 15 June 2016, the West German Proton Therapy Centre in Essen (WPE) conducted a training course on “Modern Therapy for Brain Tumours on Adults – New Chances and Opportunities”. […]
WPE is a part of the Oncological Center of Excellence
Essen, 8 July 2016 – The funding initiative of the German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V.) has once again awarded the West German Cancer Centre (WTZ) at the Essen University Hospital (UK Essen) as an “Oncology Center of Excellence”. This award was followed by an extensive assessment of an international team of experts after the […]
The Ice Princesses Visit the WPE
The West German Proton Therapy Centre in Essen (WPE) received a very special visit: two ice princesses. They came to visit the young patients, paint their faces, put on nail polish and dress them up to look like radiant ice princesses. Afterwards, they all danced, played, performed a little magic and sang together with their […]
500th patient
High Chance of Recovery Thanks to Proton Therapy The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE) treats its 500th patient: Mr. M. shares his positive experience Essen, Germany: August 8, 2016 Mr M. (67) has a Prostatic Carcinoma, the most common malignant tumour in men and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in […]
ENLIGHT – Status Report of the West German Proton Therapy Center Essen (WPE), Germany
START OF THE CLINICAL PROGAM After a long period of project planning, extensive measurements and thoughtful testing, WPE finally started clinical operations in early summer of 2013. Beforehand, two major challenges had to be mastered with the recruitment of medical and technical experts as well as with getting numerous employees like Radiation Therapy Technologists (RTTs), clinicians and medical physicists trained in […]
Tracking down the beam
Simple measurement method from Dresden improves accuracy in proton beam therapy Press release of September 22, 2015 Proton beams are new high-precision weapons in the fight against cancer. However, uncertainty with regard to the range of the beams has prevented the full exploitation of the potential of this method until now. Researchers all over the […]