Kliniken Essen-Mitte
Essen hospital whose gynaecological oncology department runs the German AGO ovarian cancer trials and whose medical oncologists led RAINBOW in stomach cancer.
Overview
Kliniken Essen-Mitte is a Protestant hospital group in Essen. Its Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, led by Andreas du Bois and Philipp Harter, is the coordinating centre of the AGO Study Group and ran the DESKTOP III surgery trial and the PAOLA-1 and PRIMA-era maintenance studies in ovarian cancer. The medical oncology department, where Hansjochen Wilke practised, led RAINBOW, the 2014 trial that established ramucirumab plus paclitaxel as second-line treatment in advanced gastric cancer.
- Gynaecological oncology (AGO Study Group)
- Ovarian cancer surgery trials
- Gastrointestinal oncology
Surgeon who chairs the German AGO group and led DESKTOP III, proving secondary surgery can extend survival in selected relapsed ovarian cancer.
German oncologist who led RAINBOW, the trial that made ramucirumab plus paclitaxel a standard second-line treatment for advanced stomach cancer.