title: Pediatric hematology and oncology at the Heinrich-Heine University Medical School, Düsseldorf, Germany.
abstract: The Heinrich-Heine University Medical Center is a large tertiary care hospital, a major medical research facility, the largest teaching hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University Medical School, and a training facility for both nursing and physiotherapy schools. In 1974, the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology was established as a separate department within the University's Center of Child Health, serving a catchment area of 3 million inhabitants in the northwest of the federal state of Northrhine-Westfalia. With approximately 85 newly diagnosed cases of malignant illness and 25 bone marrow transplantations per annum, the department is one of the larger ones in Germany. The self-understanding of this unit reaches beyond immediate care of patients, however. The department attempts to provide psychosocial support to families, patients, and caregivers. Furthermore, it takes its responsibility as a teaching and research facility quite seriously, aiming to add to our understanding of cancer with the goal of improving the outcome of childhood cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Heinrich-Heine University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Göbel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bönig
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005858:Germany; D006405:Hematology; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D010372:Pediatrics; D012106:Research; D012577:Schools, Medical