Colorectal Cancer Center Jena

1. Colorectal Cancer Center Jena Introduction In Germany, there are currently approximately 70 000 newly diagnosed patients with colorectal carcinoma each year, 60% of these have distant metastases at the time of diagnosis. The University Colorectal Cancer Center Jena will be certified in May 24th 2011 by the German Cancer Society (Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft). In 2010, 104 patients with newly diagnosed colorectal carcinoma have been treated at the University Colorectal Cancer Center Jena. It is the aim of the University Colorectal Cancer Center Jena to offer affected patients a multi-modal treatment concept with the best possible options for cure by multidisciplinary cooperation. Cooperating partners and multidisciplinary cooperation • Contact point for patients with colorectal carcinoma is the daily surgical out-patient clinic and the specialized colorectal consultation once a • week on Friday. Possibility to have a second opinion through the University Tumor Center (UTC) out-patient clinic is given. After first • contact, patients will be included in special clinical pathways und discussed at a tumor board convening once per week (Monday) with all • cooperating and at the University Hospital Jena available clinical specialties participating, and a treatment concept according to guidelines • will be developed. Cooperation with the UTC occurs especially in documentation for tumorboard preparation. Data evaluation will • be done by the Clinical Cancer Registry. • Main cooperating partners: • Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery • Department of Internal Medicine II – Subsection hematology, oncology • Department of Radiation Therapy and Radio-oncology • Institute for Pathology • Department of Internal Medicine II – Subsection gastroenterology, hepatology, infectious diseases • Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology • Other cooperating partners: • Institute for Psychosocial Medicine and Psychotherapy (psycho-oncological patient care) • Clinic for Pain and Palliative Care • Clinic for Human Genetics (Center for Out-patient Care of the University Hospital Jena) • Deutsche ILCO e.V. (patient´s advocacy group) Specific competence and expertise • The University Colorectal Cancer Center Jena offers patients with colorectal carcinoma state-of-the-art treatment options: • - Laparoscopic resections of colon and rectum carcinomas at early tumor stages • Liver resections for metastatic disease (anatomical as well as extended and atypical) • Sequential treatment for bilateral liver metastases (e.g. portal vein embolization, open or percutaneous radio frequency ablation) Current clinical trials The following clinical trials are currently underway at the University Colorectal Cancer Center Jena, recruiting patients with colorectal carcinoma: Conclusion Colorectal carcinoma is the second-most frequent tumor disease (after bronchial and breast cancer,respectively) in Germany and the numbers are increasing. An improvement of long-term and recurrence-free survival can only be achieved by further multidisciplinary cooperation of all clinical specialties involved, by the establishment of multi-modal treatment concepts and by advances in research. The development of special organ centers within the framework of UTC is the best way to reach this goal by standardizing pathways and treatment. 18.05.2011