Best Sigmoid adenocarcinoma oncologists in Germany: TOP 22 doctors

Prof. Dr. med. Karl J. Oldhafer is a Senior Consultant of the Department of General and Abdominal Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the Abdominal Medical Center of the Barmbek Asklepios Hospital and is a specialist in hepatic surgery. His medical interests include radioservice computer-navigated liver surgery, metastasis surgery, surgery using the ultrasonic knife, minimally invasive abdominal surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, and pancreatic surgery.

Oncologist, Oncohematologist, Surgeon

Head physician of Oncology and Hematology Center

Prof. Elke Jaeger is one of the best German doctors according to Focus rating.

Prof. Thomas W Kraus is a renowned gastrointestinal doctor in Germany with over 30 years of experience and 3,000+ surgical interventions performed. He specializes in Whipple procedure management, stomach oncology and treatment of liver diseases, and is the Chief Physician in Nordwest Clinic in Francfurt am Main. Prof. Kraus is a member of several prestigious national and international medical associations, and has received numerous awards for his achievements. He has a wide range of surgical services, including laparotomy, laparoscopy, radical resection, draining of inflammatory diseases, bile ducts surgical reconstruction, bypass, stapling of the damaged bile ducts, endoscopic correction of hernias, and more.

Prof. Dr. med. Volker Budach *Prof. Dr.med. Volker Budach

He completed his medical studies at the University of Essen and was appointed to the Department of Radiotherapy at the Charité Hospital in Berlin in 1993. He successfully headed this department until 2022, with almost 40 years of professional and 30 years of managerial experience. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Budach, numerous clinical studies were conducted, especially in the therapy of head and neck tumors. Along with other tumors such as sarcomas, bronchial carcinomas and breast carcinomas, which are his clinical and scientific focus. Prof. Dr. Budach founded and for many years jointly directed the comprehensive cancer center at the Charité. In addition to his function as director of the clinic, he also headed the Charité Center 14, which combined the topics of imaging and oncology. Prof. Budach was President of the German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) and President of its congress. At the EORTC, he headed the head and neck tumour group for many years. He is the author of numerous important papers on the optimisation of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the treatment of head and neck tumours. After 30 years of leading the clinic, Prof. Dr. Budach decided to transfer his experience in radiation oncology to the RadioOnkologie Vosspalais clinic. Prof. Dr. Budach is a member of the professional associations DEGRO, ESTRO, ASTRO.

She completed her training at the Charité in Berlin and has been a specialist in radiotherapy for 20 years. She worked as a senior physician in all departments of the Charité in Berlin, and from 2007 to 2015 she was a senior physician and deputy director of the Charité clinic in Berlin. In 2015, she was appointed head of the department of radiotherapy at the University Hospital of Cologne and very successfully headed the clinic there until 2022. Since the end of 2022, she has been heading the private radiotherapy clinic "RadioOnkologie Vosspalais". Clinical areas include radioimmunotherapy, high-precision therapy, multimodal therapy of gynecological tumors and prostate carcinoma.

Professor Dr. Marnitz is a member of the German and European Guidelines for the Therapy of Endometrial Carcinoma. She is also an independent external expert of the European Council for the Therapy of Carcinoma of the Cervical, Vulvar and Vaginal Cancer. Professor Dr. Marnitz is a member of the German and European Guidelines for the Therapy of Endometrial Carcinoma. She is also an independent external expert of the European Council for the Therapy of Carcinoma of the Cervical, Vulvar and Vaginal Cancer. Several randomized clinical trials have been conducted under her leadership.

Professor Dr. Marnitz is an honorary member of the Russian Society of Gynecological Oncology, a member of the professional societies DEGRO, ESTRO, ASTRO. In 2024, Professor Dr. Marnitz will be the president of the congress of the annual conference of the German Society of Radiation Oncology.

She received her medical education in Russia. After completing her residency in Berlin, Dr. Steingraeber worked as a specialist and senior physician at the Charité, the Neukölln Hospital in Berlin and in the practice of radiooncology. Dr. Steingraeber speaks fluent Russian. Her clinical specialization includes bronchial carcinoma and breast carcinoma.

Membership/Committee Service:

DEGRO, ARO, DKG, AGSMO

Member of interdisciplinary committees for the development of guidelines:

Esophageal carcinoma

Anal carcinoma

Oropharyngeal/hypopharyngeal carcinoma

Supportive therapy in oncology

Professor Jorg Groticke is the Chief Physician of the Oncology and Hematology Center at Bremen Mitte Hospital, specializing in the treatment of hematological malignancies and gastrointestinal tract tumors. He is a member of multiple medical organizations, and offers remote consultations for second opinions.

Chief Physician of Helios Redeyt Oncology Department

Dr. Huseyin Bektas is a Professor of Medical Sciences, Oncosurgeon and published author. He is a Member of the Association of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and a Teacher at the Hanover School of Medicine. He is also the Chief Physician at the Bremen-Mitte Hospital Department of General, Visceral and Oncological Surgery.

Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Graven

Head of the Clinic of Hematology, Oncology and Gastroenterology

Head of a certified oncology center

Head of Clinical Research Department

Specialization:

Hematology, including transplantation

Abdominal oncology, especially colorectal and pancreatic cancer therapy

Metastasis therapy, including the use of off-label drugs

Membership in professional societies:

Professional Union of German Therapists

German Society for Internal Medicine

German Cancer Society

Abdominal Oncology Working Group

German Society of Hematology and Oncology

German Working Group on and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases

European Society for Medical Oncology

American Society of Clinical Oncology

American Association for Cancer Research

Activities in professional communities:

German Cancer Society:

Since 2013, speaker of the commission for certification of oncology centers

Since November 2007, member of the board

Since September 2022, Speaker of the Section of National Societies on Cancer Control

Chairman of the working group on abdominal oncology of the German Cancer Society, drafting clinical guidelines for the treatment of colorectal and pancreatic cancer.

Chairman of the Oncology Society of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Member of the Colorectal Cancer Clinical Guidelines Working Group, European Society for Medical Oncology.

Member of the Scientific Council, National Cancer Registry at the Robert Koch Institute.

Chairman of the Regional Cancer Registry of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Leading expert for clinical research, German Research Foundation and Federal Ministry of Research and Technology.

Member of the Commission on the Use of Medicines for Therapy "Off-Label", Federal Institute of Medicines and Medical Devices.

Member of the committee for the development of clinical guidelines for colorectal cancer.

Member of the commission on the development of approaches to metastasis and the use of palliative therapy in clinical guidelines for colorectal cancer.

Reviewer of scientific journals such as Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, Tumor Diagnostik und Therapie, Der Schmerz, BMC Pharmacology, Onkologie, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, International Journal of Colorectal Disease, Annuals of Oncology, European Journal of Cancer.

Dr. Johann Ockenga is a Surgical Oncologist and Gastrointestinal Surgeon with 20 years of experience in treating various conditions, including Sigmoid adenocarcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Hepatitis B, Liver Diseases, Immunology and Colon cancer. He is the Secretary of the German Society of Nutritional Medicine, has developed guidelines for nutritional medicine, and has contributed to various publications.

Chief Physician of Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch, Head of the Oncology and Palliative Medicine Department, Specialist in Radiotherapy.