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PATIENT FORUM ON WORLD KIDNEY DAY

KIDNEY CANCER - discover and treat

World Kidney Day on Thursday, March 11, 2021 (WKD 2021)

Motto 2021: "Kidney health for everyone, everywhere - quality of life with kidney disease"

Being diagnosed with kidney disease is a major challenge, both for the patient themselves and for those around them. Living with kidney disease, especially at an advanced stage, has many implications for patients and their families and friends, as it limits their ability to participate in everyday activities such as work, travel and leisure activities. In addition, there are numerous problematic side effects - for example fatigue, pain, depression, cognitive impairment, digestive disorders and sleep problems. This time, the team at the Heidelberg Kidney Center has chosen kidney cancer from the broad spectrum of kidney diseases.
Listen to 5 video podcasts: How do we detect kidney cancer, how do we treat kidney cancer surgically and how do we treat it systemically or with medication and last but not least, what are the prospects of living for a long time despite this.

Diagnosis of kidney tumor?

How to contact the surgical clinic

  • The patient or attending physician contacts our case management team (Ms. Spitzer, Ms. Degirmenci, Ms. Mello, Ms. Koch, Ms. Heiduk, Ms. Diler) by phone: +49 6221 56 88 20 or by email cm.urologie@med.uni-heidelberg.de
  • Record the patient's contact details, ask for the reason for presentation and request that the examination findings and imaging (MRI or CT) be sent.
  • Present the patient's documents to the senior physician to review the findings and determine the urgency and further procedure. Check that the findings are complete to prevent unnecessary follow-up appointments for the patient.
  • The case management team contacts the patient to arrange a short-notice appointment in our consultation hours.