Charite University Hospital


Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Volker Budach
Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy
The Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy at Charite university hospital is a cancer treatment center at the highest scientific level. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Budach, the Center is responsible for the two pillars of cancer therapy i.e. drug-based tumor therapy and radiotherapy. The clinic has a highly qualified staff of doctors, medical physicists, medical technical assistants, nurses, and psycho-oncologists
The Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology at Charite Berlin is equipped with all therapy concepts of modern radio-oncology for the treatment and cure of tumor diseases which can be offered from a single source:
- 8 linear accelerators,
- 2 brachytherapy systems,
- 1 conventional X-ray machine,
- 1 device for intraoperative radiotherapy,
- 1 proton therapy facility.
Radiation therapy at the Charite Berlin offers:
- VMAT (volumetrically modulated arc therapy)
- IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy
- Stereotactic
- CyberKnife
- Novalis
- Tomotherapy
- Gating
- Image-guided irradiation
- Brachytherapy
- Hyperthermia
- IORT (intraoperative radiotherapy)
- Total body irradiation
- Total skin irradiation
- Proton therapy in eye tumors
- Drug tumor therapy
- Palliative Medicine
- Psycho-oncology