Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	283
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	252
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas - Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas (C25.0)	177
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.9)	152
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	147
Non-follicular lymphoma (C83.3)	107
Malignant neoplasm of colon - Malignant neoplasm of sigmoid colon (C18.7)	100
Multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms - Multiple myeloma not having achieved remission (C90.00)	89
Malignant neoplasm of stomach - Malignant neoplasm of pyloric antrum (C16.3)	76
Myeloid leukaemia - Acute myeloblastic leukemia not having achieved remission (C92.00)	76

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.0)	894
Cancer treatment for several days (e.g. 2-4 days) with two or more chemotherapy drugs administered into a vein (8-543.22)	784
(9-984.8)	579
(9-984.7)	562
Cancer treatment for one or more days with chemotherapy drugs administered into a vein or beneath the skin (8-542.11)	428
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	387
Cancer treatment for one or more days with chemotherapy drugs administered into a vein or beneath the skin (8-542.12)	337
Cancer treatment for several days (e.g. 2-4 days) with two or more chemotherapy drugs administered into a vein (8-543.21)	231
(9-984.9)	167
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the bone marrow without surgical incision (1-424)	166

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0500 , 3752 , 0533

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 1

Angebot des Westdeutschen Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrums

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
87	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
61	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
58	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis. Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Mazinani , Prof. Bastian
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. med. Diederich MHD. Regelmäßige Unterrichtsveranstaltungen (PJ- Programm). Praktische Studentenausbildung am VKKD (Unterricht der Medizinstudenten im 7. und 8. Fachsemester der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in Praxisblöcken.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Zahlreiche Studien in der Klinik für Hämatologie / Onkologie und Klinik für Neurologie Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums und dem Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Phase II: Auf Nachfrage, wechselnde Studienbeteiligungen Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitgl. des Editorial board: Prof. Bastian "Aktuelle Urologie", Prof. Dr. Giagounidis "Journal of Clinical Oncology". Prof. Dr. Diederich Cancer Imaging: Deputy Editor, RadiologieUp2date: kardiopul. Radiologie.
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Jander, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis, Prof. Dr. Mazinani, Prof. Dr. Bastian

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Medical School academia chirurgica GmbH und der CTA-Schule Kaiserswerther Diakonie. Ausbildungsstätte für OTA und CTA
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträgern aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH ihren Betrieb aufgenommen.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)