# Jürgen Debus

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## TL;DR

Jürgen Debus leads Europe's pioneering heavy-ion therapy centre.

## Summary

Jürgen Debus is Head of Radiation Oncology at Heidelberg University Hospital and Director of the HIT Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center, working within the NCT and DKFZ network. His specialisms are particle therapy, carbon-ion radiotherapy and radiation oncology. He leads Europe's pioneering heavy-ion therapy centre, which delivers proton and carbon-ion treatment and runs the trials evaluating them. His paper in Cancer reported carbon ion radiotherapy for chordomas and low-grade chondrosarcomas of the skull base. His publications are listed on PubMed.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Head of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital; Director, HIT Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center
- Specialisms: Particle therapy; Carbon-ion radiotherapy; Radiation oncology

## Sources

- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Debus%20J%5BAuthor%5D%20carbon%20ion

## Connected records

- technologies: [Carbon-ion therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/carbon-ion/), [Proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/)
- institutions: [European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology](https://onco.cc/institutions/estro/), [Heidelberg University Hospital / NCT / DKFZ](https://onco.cc/institutions/heidelberg-nct/)
- journals: [Cancer](https://onco.cc/journals/cancer-wiley/)
- ideas: [A regulatory pathway for new radiotherapy techniques modelled on drug development](https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-radiotherapy-innovation-pathway/), [Pooled coverage-with-evidence for proton therapy across all centres](https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-proton-coverage-with-evidence/)

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