Discover the Best Clinics and Costs for Brain Cancer treatment in Germany 2023

The preliminary brain cancer happens seldom because usually it is about cancer metastases from the other body parts. The network of Asklepios medical centers is engaged into all known medical activities, being one of the most prestigious all over Germany. It provides the efficient diagnostics and the treatment of the malignant tumor process of any location and stage.

Asklepios medical holding is considered to be the leader in brain cancer treatment methods development, the hospitals are equipped by high-end class. The surgeries are held by the leading professionals of the country, such as Dr. med. Axel Stang and Prof. Dr. med. Paul Kremer, who is the Head of Department for Neurosurgery at Asklepios Klinik Nord.

• Surgical removal of tumor, i.e. optimal treatment method. The basic neurosurgical access is applied as a rule, which decreases the risk to miss the metastases and helps to remove the neoplasm totally;
• The minimal invasive endoscopic methods of removal, radiologic surgery (Gamma Knife) and other innovative methods are applied for small tumors of slow growth;
• The radiotherapy and chemotherapy are applied to prevent the relapse after the surgery.

Nordwest Krankenhaus is a multi specialized medical institution, a leading hospital in Germany due to development of innovations, such as 3D ultrasound, anticancer vaccines in targeted therapy. It comprises 5 research institutes and 11 specialized centers.

Treatment of brain cancer at Solingen Center is conducted by doctors of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Radiology Departments. The leading specialists from other German clinics are invited for development of complex treatment and consultations.

Special system of computerized navigation and intraoperative MRI are used for removal of brain tumors. During an operation endoscopic and microsurgical methods are applied for removal of malignant tumors with maximum success rate.

Düsseldorf Clinics Association consists of 4 multidisciplinary hospitals. Physicians at Dusseldorf specialize in oncology, neurology, cardiology, orthopedics, and surgery.

More than 60 professors work in the Association. They head the rating of the best physicians according to Focus magazine, one of the three German most widely circulating titles.

Over 200,000 patients undergo treatment in Düsseldorf Clinics Association annually.

The North Rhine-Westphalia Association includes 5 hospitals located not far from Düsseldorf (Germany).

Doctors of the network conduct treatment in 27 specialties. The strongest are oncology, robotic surgery, orthopedics, cardiology, urology, and gynecology.

The Heart Center of the Association is the largest in Germany. It is the place where pilots of civil aviation undergo heart check-ups.

Each year, more than 100,000 outpatients and 45,000 inpatients are treated in the hospitals of Association.

• Prof. Jurgen Kiwit heads the Neurosurgery Department at Helios Berlin Buch for over 20 years. The doctor practiced in the leading British and German medical institutions. Dr. Kiwit can operate patients even with severe conditions if there is any possibility for recovery or health improvement. If you want Dr. Kiwit to manage your treatment, specify it in your request.
• Doctors apply MAPS robotic unit during the brain surgery. The device creates an image of the operated area, so neurosurgeons manipulate surgical instruments accurately. This minimizes possibility to affect the healthy brain cells during intervention.
• Helios Berlin Buch belongs to Helios Network, the largest one in Germany. The prices for treatment here are the lowest in Germany according to the Helios data.
• Helios Berlin Buch is included in the best German hospitals ranking composed by the Focus magazine in 2018, an authoritative German edition. This also considers Helios Berlin Buch one of the best hospitals for brain cancer treatment.

CDT-WEST is a specialized diagnostic radiology and therapy center in Cologne (Germany).

Specialists conduct health check using the latest CT, MRI, and PET-CT (positron emission tomography) devices.

Radiation therapists carry out such modern techniques as IMRT (intensity-modulated radiotherapy), IGRT (image-guided radiation therapy), DIBH (deep inspiration breath hold radiation therapy). These methods allow treating tumors located close to vital organs safely and effectively.

Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus is one of the largest medical institutions of the Rurh region in Germany. The Hospital consists of 19 departments, 10 certified centers. Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus is a leading facility for emergency patients as the most efficient in severe cases. Annually clinics receives around 80,000 patients and actively cooperates with other European and German medical centers in the field of medical assistance and teaching programs.

• Asklepios St. Georg cooperates with the Asklepios Tumor Center with over 200 cancer specialists.
• 1,000 patients with brain and neck tumors receive treatment annually at the Asklepios Tumor Center. This makes the center one of the best brain cancer hospitals in the world according to Asklepios data.
• During the surgery on the open skull, doctors apply intraoperative MRI to detect the tumor location. This technique allows removing the tumor maximally and avoid repeated surgery. Only several brain cancer hospitals in Germany have this option.
• Asklepios St. Georg in among top hospitals ranking in Germany according to the Focus magazine version.

Asklepios Klinik Altona is a university hospital of Hamburg, one of the oldest medical facilities in Northern Germany. The medical center belongs to the hospitals’ group of Asklepios Kliniken. Asklepios Altona Hamburg specializes in robotic surgery, gastroenterology, abdominal surgery, neurology, and oncology specialties.

95,000 patients get treatment annually here.

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is German medical institution with a 300-year-old history. Half of Nobel Prize scholars makу their clinical researches right here.

The Clinic is equipped with 6 operating rooms where more than 4,000 radiosurgical operative invasions are performed per year. The patients with neuroepithelial tumors (gliomas, astocytomas), which are found in 60% of all cancer cases, andpituitary and brain tunic tumors are treated here.

Charité is known for its own scientific researches. The Clinic is one of the largest clinics in Europe therefore approximately 128,000 of patients come here for treatment annualy. The fight against cancer in the Department of Neurosurgery at Charité combines two or three methods of treatment of this disease depending on case complexity. Thus, an individual treatment plan will be drawn up for you:

• Open-type neurosurgery – craniotomy. This is a high-accuracy work on full or partial excision of the tumor;
• Transnasal endoscopic surgery – the excision of pituitary tumors via endoscopic instruments introduced into the cranial cavity through the sinuses;
• Intrathecal chemotherapy – the introduction of chemotherapeutic agent into the spinal liquor via lumbar puncture, is used after surgery for prolongation of the remission term as well as for metastases from other organs;
• The gold standard of treatment of brain cancer is a minimally invasive stereotactic radiosurgery by means of CyberKnife G4, robotic system Leksell Gamma Knife®. These radiosurgical methods allow to destroy the tumor without incisions and craniotomy thanks to the high-ionizing radiation;
• Proton therapy is a type of radiation therapy, in which the destruction of the tumor is performed through the stream of accelerated ionized particles.

Heinrich Heine University Hospital is a medical research center that includes 30 medical institutes and clinics and employs more than 5 000 doctors and medical specialists. 

University Hospital Aachen is the largest multidisciplinary hospital in Europe and it is affiliated with the medical faculty of Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen which is a research university of technology.

Erlangen University Hospital is a huge center including 24 clinics and one of the best cancer research centers. 

University Hospital Magdeburg, Otto von Guericke is one of the largest medical institutions in Germany.

St. Marienstift Magdeburg GmbH belongs to the institution of the Elizabeth Vinzenz Association. It has 6 clinics, and 5 specializes departments. Annually St. Marienstift Clinic accepts over 15,000 patients.

Hospital in the Pfeiffer`s foundations is a multidisciplinary hospital with 21 medical specialty. The main ones are mammalogy, oncology, and treatment of hematological disorders. It is one of the traditional diaconal complex facilities in the central Germany with over 1,500 employees.

University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg is the largest medical complex in Western Europe, where the practical and scientific activities are conducted.

The Elbland Hospital is a multifield hospital, which closely collaborates with universities. The unique operations and treatment are performed there.

St. Josefs Hospital Wiesbaden is the medical institution, which always keeps a good level of treatment, diagnostics and rehabilitation.