title: [Creation of centres in high-volume hospitals -- promotor of communication].
abstract: The number of patients with a diagnosis of cancer is alarming: according to new figures from the Robert Koch Institute about 435 000 patients are diagnosed annually in Germany. 210 000 patients die annually of this diagnosis. Even if no significant progress in prevention has been achieved, in 2020 about 25 % more cases will be diagnosed. In the last two decades it has become established that an interdisciplinary treatment of tumour patients is necessary because the variety of different treatment options depending on an individual person cannot be mastered by one physician. The goal of the centres and certification is to establish a very concentrated expertise in large case numbers and quality-assured transparent treatment. The central requirement of a maximum-care centre is thus to enable communication under appropriate conditions. Promoting not only the space requirements, centre must also develop a treatment corridor and is responsible for further education. Additionally an oncology centre has a goal in communications, namely, to offer a treatment option for all patients in each stage of the disease, and to incorporate cancer patients in clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Braunschweig, Chirurgie, Braunschweig, Deutschland. moebius.christian@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Möbius
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002568:Certification; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D061847:Hospitals, High-Volume; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009313:National Health Programs; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration