About 50 000 women receive the diagnosis breast cancer each year in Germany. For optimally detecting and treating the disease, we act according to highest quality criteria. Therefore we already received as one of the first breast centers the certificate of the German Cancer Aid and the German Society for Senology in March 2004. In annually periods our center is checked and the certificate is renewed.

With the regular certifications we can show our patients that we work according to highest treatment standards.

The Colon Cancer Center at the UKE is an interdisciplinary collaboration of all experts involved in diagnostics and treatment. This close cooperation guarantees you a treatment on the highest level of todays’ scientific and clinical knowledge. All clinics and institutes involved are leading departments in their field.

The Gynecological Cancer Center is certified by the Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft since 2009 and treats women with ovarian, uterine and cervical cancer as well as women with anomalies at their vulvar lips, vagina and cervix. Additionally, we treat women with rare malignant gynecological disorders.

Since 2011 the Head-Neck Tumor Center of the University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH) is certified by the Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft.

The center works interdisciplinary in cooperation with different tumor experts, who jointly decide on the best individual tumor therapy. The strategy is to work as gentle as possible in tumor surgery to preserve or recover the organ and its function.