Our multiprofessional team consists of
- Medical team
- Specialist nursing staff
- Occupational and physiotherapy
- Psycho-oncology service
- Pastoral care
- Social services
- Volunteer staff from the outpatient hospice service
- KMT laboratory
Palliative medicine – medical care at the end of life
The aim of palliative medicine is to improve quality of life through:
- Symptom control
- Pain Therapy
- Psychosocial support
Second Opinion
We offer female and male patients the option of a qualified second opinion at any time.
Capacity
- Two wards
- Inpatient transplant/intermediate care unit
- Hematology-oncology day clinic/outpatient clinic
- Outpatient diagnostics and follow-up care
Interdisciplinary approach
Our clinic works closely with internal and external specialist departments.
Diagnostics
Our clinic has state-of-the-art laboratories for the analysis of:
- Blood
- Bone marrow
- Body fluids
Specialist laboratories
Hematology laboratory
- Cytomorphology (peripheral blood, bone marrow, cavity effusions, bronchoalveolar lavages)
- Cytochemistry
Immunocytology/KMT laboratory
- Flow cytometry examinations
- Blood
- Bone marrow
- CSF
- Other body fluids
Treatment methods
In addition to conventional chemotherapy, we offer other modern, individualized treatment approaches:
- Antibody therapies (including bispecific antibodies)
- Treatment with immunomodulatory substances
- Targeted (“targeted”) therapies
- High-dose therapies
- Autologous stem cell transplants
- Care before and after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (including donor search)
- Participation in national and international clinical trials
Since 2013, the KMT unit has been regularly accredited in accordance with the international JACIE standards.
Hematology
In the field of hematology, the Department of Hematology & Stem Cell Transplantation at the Evangelical Hospitals Essen-Mitte deals with diseases of
- the blood
- the bone marrow
- blood clotting
- the lymphatic system
Our clinic has particular expertise in T-cell lymphomas.
Our hematology focus areas
- Acute and chronic leukemias
- Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms
- Multiple myeloma / plasmacytoma
- Amyloidosis
- Anemias, cytopenias, agranulocytosis
- Coagulation disorders
- Toxic bone marrow changes
- Evaluation of unexplained changes in blood counts
Treatment approaches
We offer an individualized treatment concept for every female and male patient. In hematology, this may consist of the following treatment elements:
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy/antibody therapy (including bispecific antibodies)
- Targeted therapy
- Immunosuppressive therapy
- Immunomodulatory therapy
- Cytokine therapy
- Supportive therapy
- Cell apheresis / plasmapheresis
- Autologous blood stem cell transplantation
- Complex palliative care treatment
KMT unit – bone marrow and blood stem cell transplantation
For over 30 years, we have been performing blood stem cell transplants at our clinic in Essen-Werden. Our many years of experience and interdisciplinary care at the Evangelical Hospitals Essen-Mitte ensure maximum safety and optimal treatment outcomes for our female and male patients.
At our clinic, we perform autologous blood stem cell transplants. The patient’s own stem cells are collected, processed, and returned after high-dose chemotherapy. This form of transplantation is often used for multiple myeloma and certain lymphomas.
Conditions with an indication for transplantation
- Multiple myeloma: a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow, often associated with bone pain, fatigue, and increased susceptibility to infections.
- Relapsed Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas: cancer of the lymph nodes in which, after relapse or treatment failure, a stem cell transplant often increases the chance of cure.
- T-cell lymphomas: rare lymphoma disease requiring specific treatment planning and transplantation.
- Cerebral non-Hodgkin lymphoma: lymphoma in the brain that requires particularly precise treatment, including high-dose therapy and, if necessary, stem cell transplantation.
- Germ cell tumors: gynecologically or urologically pretreated conditions in which high-dose chemotherapy offers a higher chance of cure.
Benefits of treatment in our KMT unit
- Interdisciplinary care provided by hematology, oncology, infectiology, nursing, physiotherapy, psycho-oncology, social medicine, and pastoral care
- Personalized, individual care by a team with a manageable number of staff
- High level of expertise thanks to decades of experience with over 30 years of stem cell transplants
- Individually tailored treatment plans incorporating the latest scientific findings and clinical trials
- Holistic support before, during, and after transplantation – including follow-up care
