Welcome to the homepage of the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center!

Each year in Germany, more than 430,000 people develop cancer; in Berlin and the region, the total is more than 25,000. Nearly half of these patients can now be cured. Effective treatment requires a close collaborative effort by specialists from several different areas of expertise starting from the earliest stages of the disease.

In recognition of this, and in order to further improve patient care, the Charité founded a Comprehensive Care Center in 2008, establishing one of the first centers in Germany to provide a comprehensive approach to the treatment of tumors.

The CCCC's goal is to unify clinical and academic oncology at the Charité, thereby coordinating diagnosis, therapy, medical and psychological issues and follow-up care for patients, as well as to find new approaches to prevention and early diagnosis of disease.

Through a collaboration of private doctors and hospitals, we aim to improve the care of patients suffering from tumors and their chances for cures.

In September 2008 the CCCC became the first oncology center to be certified by the German Cancer Society and has been sponsored by the German Krebshilfe as a high-quality center since April 2009.

The CCCC networks all Charité sites involved in tumor therapies and related disciplines in order to ensure holistic, interdisciplinary care of tumor patients.

New concepts for the diagnosis and therapy of cancer patients are being developed, used, and carried further by expert panels of clinicians.

Through the CCCC, each patient should receive access to the most current national and international strategies for care and clinical studies.

The patients and their families receive early access to psychooncological care, social services, and self-help groups.

We aim to provide individual counseling and holistic care on a case-by-case basis.

The goal we share with our patients is to work together to overcome cancer.

With our very best wishes,

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter M. Schlag

Director of the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center