Charite University Hospital

addBerlin, Germany
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Prof. Dr. Volker Budach

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