# Krankenhaus Nordwest / Institute of Clinical Cancer Research (IKF)

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## TL;DR

Frankfurt teaching hospital whose Institute of Clinical Cancer Research ran FLOT4, the trial that made FLOT chemotherapy the standard before and after surgery for stomach cancer.

## Summary

Krankenhaus Nordwest is a teaching hospital of Goethe University in the north-west of Frankfurt. Its Institute of Clinical Cancer Research (IKF), directed by Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, is a trial office for the German AIO cooperative group in gastrointestinal cancer and coordinated the FLOT4 trial, whose 2019 Lancet report established perioperative FLOT for resectable gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. The hospital is a partner site of the University Cancer Center Frankfurt.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-18
- Also known as: Institut für Klinisch-Onkologische Forschung; IKF Frankfurt; UCT Frankfurt partner hospital
- City: Frankfurt am Main, DE
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.krankenhaus-nordwest.de

## Sources

- Krankenhaus Nordwest: https://www.krankenhaus-nordwest.de

## Connected records

- cancers: [Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gastric/), [Oesophageal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/)
- institutions: [University Cancer Center Frankfurt (UCT)](https://onco.cc/institutions/uct-frankfurt/)
- trials: [FLOT4-AIO](https://onco.cc/trials/flot4/)
- people: [Salah-Eddin Al-Batran](https://onco.cc/people/salah-eddin-al-batran/)

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