# Deutsche Krebshilfe

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## TL;DR

Deutsche Krebshilfe, founded in 1974 by Mildred Scheel, is Germany's largest donation-funded cancer charity; since 2007 it has funded and audited the Oncology Centres of Excellence network that certifies Germany's comprehensive cancer centres.

## Summary

Founded in 1974 by Mildred Scheel, Deutsche Krebshilfe is funded entirely by donations and finances research, structural programmes and patient information. Its Oncology Centres of Excellence programme has funded and audited Germany's comprehensive cancer centres (including Heidelberg, Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich) since 2007, and it co-created the National Cancer Plan and the Mildred Scheel early-career programmes. It funds clinical trials, paediatric oncology, cancer prevention research and the Krebsinformationsdienst partnership with DKFZ, and it runs the INFONETZ KREBS patient information service.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: German Cancer Aid; Stiftung Deutsche Krebshilfe
- City: Bonn, DE
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.krebshilfe.de

## Sources

- Deutsche Krebshilfe: https://www.krebshilfe.de

## Connected records

- fronts: [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/)
- institutions: [Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin](https://onco.cc/institutions/charite/), [Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft](https://onco.cc/institutions/deutsche-krebsgesellschaft/), [Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss / IQWiG](https://onco.cc/institutions/g-ba-iqwig/), [German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)](https://onco.cc/institutions/dkfz/), [Heidelberg University Hospital / NCT / DKFZ](https://onco.cc/institutions/heidelberg-nct/), [LMU Klinikum München](https://onco.cc/institutions/lmu-munich/), [nationales Netzwerk Genomische Medizin Lungenkrebs](https://onco.cc/institutions/nngm/), [Uniklinik Köln (CIO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/uniklinik-koeln/), [Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf](https://onco.cc/institutions/uke-hamburg/)
- people: [Rita Schmutzler](https://onco.cc/people/rita-schmutzler/)
- bottlenecks: [Fragmented care and guideline gaps](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-care-fragmentation/), [Funding follows fashion, not burden](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-funding-allocation/)

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