Klinik für Innere Medizin IIGastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Endokrinologie und Infektiologie

A special focus of the Department of Medicine II is on gastrointestinal oncology. In the Center for Gastrointestinal Tumors, patients with tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, bile ducts and pancreas are treated in close cooperation with an interdisciplinary team from gastroenterology, oncology, surgery, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy.

Patients with gastrointestinal and endocrinological tumors are treated as outpatients in our outpatient clinic and in the Interdisciplinary Tumor Center. In addition to interdisciplinary clinical diagnostics and approved drug therapy, the spectrum of our work includes treatment with new therapeutic approaches as part of clinical studies as well as research with a scientific focus on tumor development, prevention and screening of gastrointestinal tumors.

The Center for Gastrointestinal Tumors is an important focus within the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg - CCCF, which has been awarded the title of oncological center of excellence by the German Cancer Aid.

Our range of services includes

• Individual therapy in close interdisciplinary cooperation
• State-of-the-art diagnostics with ultrasound, endoscopy and all imaging radiology and nuclear medicine procedures
• Therapy within the scope of clinical studies
• Coordination and monitoring of all therapeutic measures and individual aftercare
• Additional services, such as nutritional advice, bridging care or psycho-oncological support
• Close cooperation with your family doctor, resident gastroenterologists and oncologists for advice, including second opinions.
• Specialist consultation for hereditary gastrointestinal tumor diseases for advice in suspected cases and planning individual cancer screening