If you have been diagnosed with or suspect a gynaecological tumour, we would like to support you as experts in the treatment of this disease. Make an appointment for a personal consultation at our Gynaecology Centre. During this consultation, we will discuss all previous findings and examinations with you in detail. After a detailed assessment of your medical history, you will be thoroughly examined by one of our senior oncologists so that we can get a specific picture of your illness.
Further examinations may be necessary, which we will coordinate centrally for you. This means that everything remains in one hand and together - with the radiologists, pathologists and radiotherapists - we plan the best treatment for you in our interdisciplinary tumour conference. In these tumour conferences, we also consider whether it would make sense for you to take part in a study. Our centre's participation in various studies enables our patients to benefit from the latest treatment options.
Please make a note of any questions you would like to discuss with us during your initial consultation. You are also welcome to bring your partner or a relative with you for support.
Contact & Appointments
You can reach us by phone:
Mon to Thu: 07.30 to 16.00
Fri: 07.30 to 14.00
At our gynaecological tumour centre, we treat the entire spectrum of malignant oncological diseases of the female genitalia and offer you individual advice and holistic care:
- Ovarian cancer (ovarian carcinoma)
- Cancer of the uterus (endometrial carcinoma)
- Cervical cancer (cervical carcinoma)
- Cancer of the vulva (vulvar carcinoma)
- Vaginal cancer (vaginal carcinoma)
- Trophoblastic disease (degenerated tissue associated with pregnancy)
Further links with an understandable, medically correct overview of the individual clinical pictures, symptoms, causes and treatment methods can be found under patient information.
During our consultation, we will first carry out a clinical examination, i.e. a gynaecological examination, palpation and an ultrasound scan. We will also enquire about your previous illnesses and review any previous findings. In some cases, we recommend taking a tissue sample under local anaesthetic for histological examination by our colleagues in the pathology department. If necessary, further appointments and examinations will be planned and coordinated for you. These may include a computer tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and in rarer cases also PET-CTs or specialised X-ray examinations. All the necessary diagnostic steps can be carried out under one roof at Ulm University Hospital. In the vast majority of cases, these are outpatient procedures, i.e. you can return home after the examinations.
Interdisciplinary tumour conference
Once all the examination findings and, if applicable, the results of the initial histological examinations are available, each patient's case is presented in our interdisciplinary tumour conference. Here, the specialists from the various departments (gynaecology, internal medicine, nuclear medicine, radiology, pathology and, if necessary, other departments) consult with each other, look at the available X-ray images and jointly determine an individual treatment plan for each patient based on the latest research. At a further consultation, we will inform you of the outcome of the tumour conference and explain in detail the treatment recommendation tailored to your needs. A patient's case is often presented several times in the tumour conference, e.g. before and after a major operation or if new aspects arise during chemotherapy.
The treatment of a tumour is usually based on several pillars: surgery, drug therapy and radiotherapy. Which of these treatment options are necessary for you and in what order varies greatly from person to person and depends on the type of disease and the degree of spread.
We offer the entire range of oncological operations at our centre. This ranges from minimally invasive ("keyhole") laparoscopy and operations with the surgical robot (DaVinci) to open surgery using an abdominal incision.
In complex cases, surgery is often carried out together with specialists from other disciplines at the University Hospital, such as urology or abdominal and vascular surgery. This is one of the main strengths of treatment at a maximum care centre such as Ulm University Hospital, as all specialist disciplines are quickly available - especially in emergencies.
Depending on the extent of the operation and the number/type of pre-existing conditions, a subsequent stay in the recovery or intensive care unit may be necessary. This is located directly in the gynaecological clinic and is also supervised around the clock by an intensive care physician.
Drug therapy can be chemotherapy, but in some cases also therapy with anti-hormones, antibodies or small molecules (so-called targeted therapies). Our gynaecological patients who require drug therapy can be cared for under one roof in the Interdisciplinary Oncology Day Clinic (IOT) by doctors from the Women's Clinic. A major advantage of chemotherapy in our clinic is that we are there for you or your relatives around the clock in the event of unexpected problems or emergencies, even on long weekends and public holidays.
You can find detailed information on the Drug Oncology page.
In the course of some diseases, radiotherapy may be necessary. This can be carried out at the Department of Radiotherapy at the Oberer Eselsberg site of Ulm University Hospital. In order to plan the therapy in the best possible way, our radiotherapy colleagues regularly take part in our interdisciplinary tumour conferences.
You can find detailed information on the pages of the Radiotherapy Clinic.
A follow-up appointment with us often follows the end of treatment. The further procedure and the type and course of aftercare are discussed there. Follow-up care is then usually provided by your trusted gynaecologist, with whom we work closely. However, should any unclear findings or the need for special diagnostics arise during the follow-up there, you are welcome to come back to us.