# NCT/UCC Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus

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## TL;DR

The second National Center for Tumor Diseases site, known for proton therapy research at OncoRay and AI in pathology and surgery.

## Summary

NCT/UCC Dresden was founded in 2015 as a partnership between the DKFZ, the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden's medical faculty and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. The OncoRay centre and the University Proton Therapy Dresden facility (treating since 2014) pursue biologically adapted, image-guided and laser-driven particle therapy; the DKFZ's chairman Michael Baumann previously directed radiation oncology there. The Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health hosts groups such as Jakob Nikolas Kather's on deep learning in pathology, and the hospital's surgical oncology programme develops AI-assisted surgery. Clinical strengths include haematology and transplantation, gastrointestinal surgery and precision oncology through a DKTK-wide molecular tumour board.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden; University Cancer Center Dresden; OncoRay; National Cancer Center Dresden; NCT Dresden
- City: Dresden, DE
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.nct-dresden.de

## Sources

- Homepage: https://www.nct-dresden.de
- OncoRay: https://www.oncoray.de
- EKFZ for Digital Health: https://digitalhealth.tu-dresden.de
- PTCOG: particle therapy facilities in operation: https://www.ptcog.site/index.php/facilities-in-operation-public

## Connected records

- cancers: [Acute myeloid leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/aml/), [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/)
- fronts: [AI & Computation](https://onco.cc/fronts/ai-computation/), [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/)
- technologies: [Digital pathology & AI](https://onco.cc/technologies/digital-pathology-ai/), [FLASH radiotherapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/flash-rt/), [IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam)](https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/), [Pathology & radiology foundation models](https://onco.cc/technologies/pathology-foundation-model/), [Proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/), [Proton therapy machines: cyclotrons, synchrotrons and single-room systems](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy-systems/)
- institutions: [Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft](https://onco.cc/institutions/deutsche-krebsgesellschaft/), [Deutsches Netzwerk für Personalisierte Medizin](https://onco.cc/institutions/dnpm/), [German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)](https://onco.cc/institutions/dktk/), [German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)](https://onco.cc/institutions/dkfz/), [Heidelberg University Hospital / NCT / DKFZ](https://onco.cc/institutions/heidelberg-nct/)
- people: [Hanno Glimm](https://onco.cc/people/hanno-glimm/), [Jakob Nikolas Kather](https://onco.cc/people/jakob-nikolas-kather/), [Jürgen Weitz](https://onco.cc/people/jurgen-weitz/), [Martin Bornhäuser](https://onco.cc/people/martin-bornhauser/), [Michael Baumann](https://onco.cc/people/michael-baumann/)

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