UKE - University Cancer Center Hamburg - Hubertus Wald Tumor Center

We care about our patients

We would like to welcome you to the Hubertus Wald Tumor Center - Universitäres Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH).

As a top oncological center in northern Germany, we always put you - dear patient - at the center of our work. Information about the structure of our cancer center and its function and tasks as well as our offers for you are presented on the following pages. If you are at a loss, please take a look at the lower section of this page under "Frequently Asked Questions" or contact our central contact point directly under Contact.

COVID-19-Vaccination

You can find all information about vaccinations against COVID-19 in the following section.

Video consultation

We offer some consulting services as video consulting hours in the current Corona situation. You will be informed individually whether this is possible in your case.

Please contact our Central Entry Port

New studies & trials

For the area of exercise and nutrition, some interesting studies have started at UCCH. Please inform yourself about a possible participation.

Further information

UCCH Guide

Counselling, orientation and support for patients and relatives in every phase of the disease.

Care for CAYA

Specialized care for young cancer survivors in childhood, adolescence or as young adults in our UCCH survivorship program.

Self-help

Our cooperating patient support groups offer advice and support for patients and their relatives

Find a group

About treatment

The different treatment options are diverse. At that we rely on the most modern technics and processes available.

Organ cancer centers

The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf houses six different organ cancer center.

Outpatient Clinic

We provide different outpatient clinics in the UCCH

Our Team

The UCCH team is always working on new concepts and ideas to enhance and strengthen.

Where would you like to go?

Select the tab that suits you from the right menu and quickly find the information and contact options you are looking for.

Information COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus: Information for cancer patients and their relatives

We receive many inquiries from our patients on how to deal with the topic of coronavirus. In the following we would like to provide you with a collection of links to the different topics.

Keep moving: Strengthening children and young people with and after cancer

Exercise programs for children and adolescents with cancer have been an important component of treatment for years. Now the University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH) and the University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein (UCCSH) have joined forces in the ActiveOncoKids network, which is funded by German Cancer Aid, to form the Center North. Together they want to draw attention to this important topic with action days. The first event was on September 11: under the guidance of exercise therapists and sponsored by the Fördergemeinschaft Kinderkrebs-Zentrum Hamburg e.V., young cancer patients at the UCCH were able to try their hand at stand-up paddling on the Alster.

Oncology at UKE among the top 30 worldwide

In the annual ranking of the U.S. magazine "Newsweek" of the 200 best international oncology institutions, the Center for Oncology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf takes 29th place, placing it among the top 30 worldwide.

Digital event series for patients and their relatives enters the second round

The second half-year program of the UCCH network's digital event series "Cancer and still in contact" for patients and their relatives started on August 19 with an advanced training course on "Skin cancer" with Prof. Christoffer Gebhardt, Head of the UCCH Skin Tumor Center. On September 23, the topic "Nutrition in Cancer" awaits you with experts from the UCCH together with the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein.