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Deutsche Krebshilfe
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.
Also called: German Cancer AidStiftung Deutsche Krebshilfe
Overview
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.
Location
Bonn, DE
Type
consortium
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#504 · 6 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 6 from 3 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-10-01.
Matched to German Cancer Aid, including child institutions. 5 works · 30 citations · 100% open access · 0% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
22022
12023
02024
12025
12026
Most works
- Hana Algül4 works
- Stephan Stilgenbauer4 works
- Gerd Nettekoven4 works
- Dirk Schadendorf4 works
- Thomas Kindler3 works
- Stefan Fröhling3 works
- Volker Arndt3 works
- Daniela Doege3 works
- Sara Yvonne Brucker3 works
- Martin Bornhäuser3 works
Most cited
| Work | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer care in German centers of excellence during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic 10.1007/s00432-022-04407-1 · open access | Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | 2022 | 21 |
| Kapazität der onkologischen Versorgung in deutschen onkologischen Spitzenzentren während der ersten 2 Jahre der COVID-19-Pandemie 10.1007/s12312-022-01121-4 · open access | Forum | 2022 | 8 |
| Author Correction: The landscape of viral associations in human cancers | Nature Genetics | 2023 | 1 |
| Targeting Kras signalling in a Trp53/KrasG12D mouse and organoid model inhibits Barrett esophagus to gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma progression 10.1038/s41598-026-71355-y · open access | Scientific Reports | 2026 | 0 |
| Correction: Cancer care in German centers of excellence during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic | Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | 2025 | 0 |
- Oncology Centres of Excellence (Onkologische Spitzenzentren)
- Mildred Scheel early-career programmes
- Clinical trial and prevention research funding
- INFONETZ KREBS patient information
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