Radiation Biology

Individualized cancer therapy is our main field of research. The following research groups are dealing with the different topics and we are studying here:

Individual radiation sensitivity

We're studying:

patients' blood in order to analyse their individual radiation sensitivity and to be able to give a recommendation for the use of doses duiring radiation treatment.
Various methods to predict individual radiation sensitivity quickly and reliably.
Prediction of radiation sensitivity by skin fibroblasts after bone marrow transplantation.

What significance does age have for radiation sensitivity

Interactions of inhibitors and ionizing radiation

Clinical and preclinical studies on the interactions of modern tumor therapeutics and ionizing radiation.

Inflammatory cells as prognostic markers

Importance of different inflammatory cells for the prognosis of patients with tumours.
Interactions of different inflammatory cells and their functional activity.

Phagocytosis by non-professional phagocytes

Both tumor cells and normal tissue cells can phagocytise other cells under appropriate conditions.
What are the mechanisms underlying non-professional phagocytosis.
What is the significance of non-professional phagocytosis in tumor tissue for the prognosis