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World Kidney Day - 11.03.2021
Kidney cancer patient forum
February 2, 2021
Thursday, March 11 is World Kidney Day again. To mark the occasion, this time we will be focusing on kidney cancer. First the good news: kidney cancer can now be detected early and treated gently. Sometimes the kidney cancer has already spread. There are also solutions for this situation. It is important to beat the cancer and maintain kidney function. This is no easy task, but it can be achieved because many specialists (oncologists, urologists, nephrologists) work together.
There are different forms of malignant tumors that develop in the kidney; the most common form is renal cell carcinoma, which usually develops from cells in the urinary tubules.
Another malignant tumor is renal pelvis carcinoma, although this occurs less frequently. In the early stages of the disease, kidney cancer does not tend to manifest itself through clear symptoms and is therefore often only discovered by chance.
The vast majority of kidney tumors are detected by random ultrasound examinations of the abdomen, which are often performed due to other diseases. Further examinations then usually lead quickly to a diagnosis, e.g. by magnetic resonance imaging or computer tomography.
Every year, around 15,000 people in Germany are newly diagnosed with a form of kidney cancer. Men are affected more frequently than women, but all patients benefit from early detection, regardless of gender.
In previous years, we were able to invite our patients to a patient forum in the internal medicine lecture hall to raise awareness of selected topics from the spectrum of kidney diseases.
We will now digitize this forum in order to offer contributions on our websites on diagnostics, surgery, system therapy, studies and aftercare.
For World Kidney Day, we invite you to our video podcast between oncology, nephrology, urology, research, diagnostics and therapy: experts from the UKL-HD, the NCT and the DKFZ will each hold thematic discussions in pairs with their host NZH.
In our "Read for you" section, we provide you with additional studies and findings.
Expert panel (alphabetical order)
Dr. med. Jörg Beimler
Oberarzt NZH
Nierenzentrum Heidelberg am UKL-HD
joerg.beimler@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Dr. med. Susanne Delecluse
postdoctoral Scientist DKFZ
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
s.delecluse@dkfz-heidelberg.de
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Hallscheidt
Facharzt für Diagnostische Radiologie
Gemeinschaftspraxis für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin - Worms
+49 6241 9119 30
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Hohenfellner
Ärztlicher Direktor UKL-HD
Urologische Klinik, UKL-HD
markus.hohenfellner@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Jaeger
Geschäftsführender Direktor NCT
Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT)
dirk.jaeger@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Prof. Dr. med. Martin Zeier
Ärztlicher Direktor NZH
Nierenzentrum Heidelberg am UKL-HD (NZH)
martin.zeier@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Dr. med. Stefanie Zschäbitz
Oberärztin UKL-HD
Klinik für Medizinische Onkologie, UKL-HD
stefanie.zschaebitz@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Word Kidney Day
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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 e-mail 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.
Patient Forum Online
Kidney cancer; detect and treat
Kidney cancer is a fairly common cancer in Germany. The treatment of kidney cancer requires the cooperation of various experts, such as radiologists, oncologists, urologists, surgeons, researchers and, of course, nephrologists. The more closely this cooperation is coordinated, the better the outcome for the patient.
Patient Forum Online
Kidney cancer, how can I recognize it?
Early detection is important for the prospect of a cure. As kidney cancer does not manifest itself with specific symptoms at an early stage, senior physician Dr. med. Jörg Beimler interviews Prof. Dr. med. Peter Hallscheidt from Worms Radiology in this expert discussion on the frequently asked question "How can I tell if I have kidney cancer?"
Patient Forum Online
Minimally invasive surgery for kidney cancer
Here we listen to Prof. Dr. med. Markus Hohenfellner, surgeon and head of the Urology Clinic at the UKL-HD, in conversation with host Prof. Dr. med. During surgical treatment, it is particularly important for the surgeon to remove the cancer from the kidney while at the same time preserving the function of the organ. This video podcast highlights the most important aspects.
Patient Forum Online
Kidney cancer: Which pill should I take?
As a patient with insufficient kidney function, can I still receive drug therapy and if this is not possible, are there now alternatives that I can be treated with? DKFZ scientist and specialist Dr. Susanne Delecluse asks her guest senior physician Dr. Stefanie Zschäbits from the NCT these and other application-oriented questions.
Patient Forum Online
Advantage through participation in clinical studies
The treatment options for kidney cancer have become much better in recent years, albeit much more complicated. In this video podcast, the Managing Director of the NCT, Prof. Dirk Jäger, MD, introduces immunotherapy and encourages affected patients to take part in clinical trials to optimize their chances of beating cancer.