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West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen
University Hospital of Essen
Hufelandstr. 55
45147 Essen/Germany
The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen is located on
the UHE campus and is easy to get to:
Getting here by public transport
U17: “Holsterhauser Platz” stop
160 or 161 bus: “Klinikum” stop
106 tram: “Klinikum” stop
Telefon +49 (0) 201 / 7 22 55-0
Fax +49 (0) 201 / 7 22 55-294
[email protected]
Web www.uk-essen.de/wpe
Coming by car:
A2 Essen/Gladbeck exit | Turn right onto the B 224 towards
Essen. At the junction of Gladbecker Straße and Grillostraße,
and thereafter, follow the “Universitätsklinikum” signs.
A42 Essen-Nord motorway intersection | Turn off onto the
B 224 (Gladbecker Straße) towards Essen. At the junction
of Gladbecker Straße and Grillostraße, and thereafter,
follow signs to “Universitätsklinikum”.
A40 Essen-Holsterhausen/-Altendorf exit and
A52 E
ssen-Rüttenscheid exit | At the end of the slip-road
follow signs to “Universitätsklinikum”.
Street address:
Westdeutsches Protonentherapiezentrum Essen
Am Mühlenbach 1
45147 Essen/Germany
Hundertwasser House in Grugapark approx. 200m
Cellular Biology
Külshammerweg
Teaching & Learning Centre
Virchows
traße
Institute
Group I
Multi-storey
car park
Robert-Koch
Haus
Cafeteria
Study Centre
of Imaging
Processes
ogy
BTG
Operations Centre II
West German
Proton Therapy Centre
Essen
Accident &
Emergency
Virchowstra
ße
Am
Müh
lenb
ach
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Lecture Hall
Nurses
High-Rise
Block
Dean‘s Office
Nursery
Hohl
weg
Meyer-SchwickerathPlatz
Guest
Building
EENT Unit
Gynaecology
Clinic
Pediatric Clinic
Radiotherapy Unit
Nuclear Medicine Unit
West German
Tumour Centre
- Out-Patients
Unit
WTZ
Research
Building
Hospital
Social Services
Hygiene
Prayer Room
Medicine Unit
Red Cross
Residence
Bonemarrow
Transplantation
Professional &
Vocational Training
Operations Centre I
Medical
Research Centre
Diet School
Chapel
ße
stra
arch
Esm
Red Cross
Nurses‘ Union
Cafeteria/
Restaurant
Medical Centre
West German
Heart Centre Essen
Multi-storey car park
Main
Entrance
approx. 70 m
Hufelandstraße
approx.
100m
Ruhrlandschule
er
haus
ster
Hol
ße
Stra
TA X I
tram number 106
Training Academy Robert-Koch-Str.
U17
and
Bus 160/161
address “Virchowstraße 183, 45147 Essen” and proceed via “Hufelandstraße”
and “Esmarchstraße”. Coming by car to the address “Am Mühlenbach” is
only possible via “Virchowstraße”, and not via “Holsterhauser Straße”/
“Halbe Höhe”, as many route planners suggest.
Multi-storey
car park
Car Security Gate
Office/Patient Registration/Cashier
There is a multi-storey car park in the immediate vicinity of
the WPE (Car Park 2, Virchowstraße 180).
lw
eg
Office
Housekeeping
Materialstores
50 m
Note for route planners: On your satnav, please enter the neighbouring
Eductaion
Academy
Ho
h
Central
Laboratory
West German
Tumour Centre
Wards
approx.
Nurses
Residence
Specialist
Schools
Education Dematology
Clinic Academy
Daycare
Nurses
Residence
Forensics
Kaulbachstraße
Building for Parents of Pediatric Cancer Patients, Kaulbachstr. 10
West German Proton
Therapy Centre Essen (WPE):
Tough on cancer –
Gentle on patients
The West German Proton
Therapy Centre Essen
Proton therapy
The team
The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE) takes
innovative routes in cancer treatment: Using proton therapy,
it enables a modern, precise and gentle form of radiotherapy
for the treatment of tumours in all areas of the human body.
nMore treatment options
Our team is made up of highly skilled specialist doctors and
medical physicists who work together to plan and conduct
the proton therapy. They are assisted in this by experienced
medical radiology technicians, medical support staff, case
managers and teaching assistants.
In four treatment rooms, the WPE is one of the first centres in
Germany and Europe to offer patients all methods of proton
therapy. As well as this there is a specially-equipped eye treatment room which is operated in close collaboration with
University Hospital of Essen (UHE) Ophthalmology Unit.
WPE patients also benefit from the way the Centre is an
integral part of the clinical environment at UHE: As a particle
therapy clinic, the WPE is an integral part of the West German
Tumour Centre, Essen (WTZ), which offers comprehensive
medical care in oncology and is one of the leading inpatient
and outpatient tumour centres in Germany.
“The WPE augments the WTZ perfectly: Working together with
the aid of proton therapy, we‘re able to offer the best possible
treatment to children and adults with tumours in sensitive
tissue areas, such as the head, spine or pelvic areas, who
would otherwise be difficult to treat”, says Prof Dr Dirk
Schadendorf, Director of the WTZ.
Proton therapy offers the opportunity to apply effective,
high-dosage radiotherapy to large tumours deep inside the
body surrounded by sensitive vital organs such as the lungs,
the liver or the brain stem.
nBetter chances of a cure
It goes without saying that the team also works with referring
doctors to ensure patients are advised and treated in line with
their own specific needs.
Proton therapy radiation releases its energy almost exclusively
within the tumour itself. In this way, it protects healthy tissue
and enables faster healing with fewer side effects than conventional radiotherapy.
The WPE approach convinced both public and professionals
even before it was opened: In addition to medical and scientific awards, the Centre also received the “365 Landmarks in
the Land of Ideas” award.
nReduced side effects
Your contact:
Proton therapy is easier for the body to cope with because the
radiation is applied to a very specific target area. In this way it
minimises the risk of subsequent tumours. This advantage
especially benefits children, whose growth and development
make it important to afford tissue special protection.
Prof Dr med Beate Timmermann
Medical Director, WPE