Hematology and Oncology (Department of Medicine II)

The Clinic for Internal Medicine II is divided into the Core Clinic and two sections; section for stem cell and immunotherapy in the Dr. Mildred Scheel House and the section for hematological special diagnostics at Langer Segen. The core clinic includes the outpatient departments at the Karl-Lennert Cancer Centre, the special hematological ward and the oncological-hematological ward. 

Medical focus is the diagnosis and therapy of malignant organ tumors and diseases of the Hematopoietic system, Rheumatologically diseases and infectious diseases. Our patients are treated either fully or partly inpatient as well as in various outpatient departments. We offer patients with Hematological and Oncological diseases rapid and comprehensive treatment through care in an interdisciplinary tumor outpatient clinic. We have expanded our special outpatient departments for hematology oncology and infectiology (focus on HIV medicine) into central contact points for patients from all over Schleswig-Holstein. 

The aim of all our therapeutic measures is to improve the quality of life of our patients. They should be able to reintegrate into work, family, and society as quickly as possible. Many struggle not only with their medical, but also with psychological and social problems. That is why sensitive and humane care in our clinic is as important as modern medical treatment.

We work closely with the Tumor Centre of the University Hospital, which provides support during inpatient treatment and outpatient care, so that medical and psychosocial help can mesh at an early stage. An experienced member of our clinic advises and organizes optimal psychosocial care for our patients with regard to social and insurance issues, care at home, as well as hospice and palliative care. We also offer qualified nutritional medical advice as a supplement to therapeutic measures. 

The psycho-oncological care of our patients within the framework of a holistic therapy concept is provided in cooperation with the Centre for Integrative Psychiatry of the UKSH. This includes accompanying patients and relatives during their inpatient stay and as part of outpatient care.

In addition to specific tumor therapy, a comprehensive treatment concept for tumor patients also includes palliative medical care for terminally ill patients and support in the final phase of life. Maintaining the quality of life is at the forefront of medical and nursing efforts. The palliative medical care of our patients is provided in close cooperation with the interdisciplinary Pain and Palliative Centre (ISPZ) at the UKSH, both inpatient and outpatient. 

The laboratory for hematological special diagnostics at our clinic is one of the largest and most efficient of its kind in Germany. We offer both patient-oriented diagnostics and basic research. 

Thus, we combine under one roof all modern diagnostic and treatment procedures necessary for the care of complex Hemato-Oncological Diseases - including state-of-the-art treatment procedures such as immune and antibody therapies. Individual therapy settings are made on the basis of current and future-oriented therapy protocols - also within international study protocols. In addition, we ensure the high medical standard of our clinic through our own innovative research projects and the active membership of our employees in many national and international specialist societies.