Department of Radiation Oncology

What is radiotherapy? How will I be treated? What effects or side-effects will the treatment have? These and other questions preoccupy patients who have to undergo radiotherapy treatment. My colleagues, staff and I are particularly concerned with explaining the procedures prior to, during and after radiotherapy treatment in a detailed personal discussion: not only to our patients and their relatives, but also to colleagues from other medical specialities. If you have questions or problems, please raise them with us. It is very important to all members of the radiotherapy team (radiation oncologist, medical physicist radiographers and nursing staff) that not only do our patients receive the best medical care, but also that they and their relatives our full attention. The tasks of a university clinic are to provide excellent patient care, to push the scientific boundaries and pass on knowledge. To this end the philosophy of our clinic is based on three pillars: patient care, research and teaching. On the following pages you can find information relating to these three areas whether you are a patient, relative, physician, scientist or student.

Yours
Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Anca-L. Grosu
Chair of Department of Radiation Oncology
Medical director of ambulatory health care centre of University Medical Center Freiburg