Competence Center for Leukemias and Preleukemias

Dear patient!

The Competence Center for Leukemias and Preleukemias continually develops novel therapeutic concepts at the cutting edge of biomedical science in order to offer you the best therapy for your individual case. We offer the entire spectrum of diagnostics and therapy of leukemias and their precursors.

Outpatient Department and Appointments

Central outpatient hotline at the Interdisciplinary Tumor Center ITZ:
Telephone: +49 (0)761 270-35555
itz.terminvergabe@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Map of the ITZ (in German)
Leukemia Center:
Telephone: +49 (0)761 270-71580
Map of the Department of Medicine I (in German)

Competence Center for Leukemias and Preleukemias
Department of Medicine I
Hugstetter Straße 55
79106 Freiburg

Diagnosis, Treatment and Trials

General Services at CCCF

Team

Events

The Department of Medicine I regularly holds events for doctors, nurses, patients, family members, and the interested public. Click here for a calendar of upcoming events and further training courses (in German).

Self-Help

Self-Help

Support groups for people with the same disease are an opportunity to exchange information and experiences independently without professional guidance as well as to give and receive emotional support. Find out more (in German)
Members of support groups are experts in matters that affect them personally and often possess a high degree of “lay competence.” Your regional support group (in German)

Clinical Pathways

Interdisciplinary Leukemia Conference / Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

More Information

Diagnosis, Treatment, & Trials

We are a recognized center for the treatment of patients with acute leukemias and their precursors. The Comprehensive Cancer Center – CCCF is a German Cancer Society–certified oncology center in the area of hematologic neoplasms.
Various diagnostic laboratories are available at the Freiburg University Medical Center to provide precise, reliable, and prompt routine diagnoses of hematologic diseases.
Find out more (in German)
Whereas young patients are treated with intensive chemotherapy in our therapy sessions or with standard therapy, elderly patients first receive a careful evaluation of their health status in order to determine whether standard chemotherapy is an option.
Find out more (in German)
The Medical Center – University of Freiburg is also one of the largest and most experienced stem-cell transplantation centers (in German) in Germany.
In recent years, CAR T cell therapy (in German) has gained in importance for the treatment of leukemias.

Trials

In clinical trials, we test new drugs designed to improve the standard therapy – under strict monitoring by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. The Competence Center for Leukemias and Preleukemias is among the leading clinical trial centers in the therapy of elderly patients with leukemias, MDS, or MPN in particular. Clinical leukemia research at the Medical Center – University of Freiburg is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and German Cancer Aid, among other organizations.

Find out more

Lübbert Laboratory (cancer epigenetics): Find out more
Clinical trials at the Department of Medicine I: Find out more (in German)

Supportive Therapies and Consultation