PD Dr. Dr. med. Friedemann Honecker

Specialist in cancer and blood disorders

Treatment of tumor and blood disorders; FMH General Internal Medicine and Hematology; Hematology and Oncology (D)
Additional qualification in palliative medicine (D)
Highly specialized in the medical-oncological treatment of urogenital tumors (bladder, testicular, kidney and prostate cancer)

Career path

06/2022
Partner of TumorZentrum Ostschweiz AG

12/2015
Partner of Tumor- und Brustzentrum ZeTuP AG

02/2013
Established internist specializing in hematology and internal oncology, Tumor- und Brustzentrum ZeTuP AG, St. Gallen

09-12/2012
Senior Physician, Central Emergency Department of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (interdisciplinary care of medical emergencies)

02/2012
Managing Senior Physician of the Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with the Pneumology Section, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

05/2011
Head of “Uro-Oncology” of the Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with the Pneumology Section, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

12/2010
Acquisition of the additional qualification in “Palliative Medicine”

08/2009
Senior Physician, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with the Pneumology Section, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

01/2009
Specialist in Internal Medicine with a focus on Hematology and Oncology (D)

11/2007
Specialist in Internal Medicine (D)

06/2007
Member of the “Palliative Care Team” of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

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Further activities

03/2022 – 10/2023
Member of the “Core Group” of the national research group «Breast Cancer» of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)

Since 01/2018
Elected member of the Ethics Committee of Eastern Switzerland (EKOS)

11/2010
Habilitation in Internal Medicine with the title “Comparative characterization of normal and malignant human germ cells”, Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg

Since 2002
Experimental and clinical research on urogenital tumors, especially germ cell tumors (clinical and experimental) and prostate carcinomas (clinical) focusing on chemotherapy resistance, testing new cytostatic substances, developing new treatment strategies, and conducting clinical trials. 2005 – 2013 Head of the Laboratory for Experimental Oncology, Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg

2002 – 2006
Doctorate at Erasmus University, Thesis “Normal and malignant germ cell development”, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Since 1999
Clinical research in geriatric oncology, focusing on geriatric assessment and identification of clinical and biological parameters for assessing the ability of elderly patients to undergo therapy

1996 – 1999
Doctoral thesis (Dr. med.), topic “Molecular mechanisms of growth regulation of tumor cells by the integrin alpha5 beta1”, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Grade: “magna cum laude”

Memberships

SAKK Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research
ESMO European Society for Medical Oncology
DGHO German Society for Hematology and Oncology
FMH Swiss Medical Association
Medical Association of the City of St. Gallen
Medical Society of the Canton of St. Gallen

Member and from 2005 – 2018 Secretary of the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Testicular Tumors (German Testicular Cancer Study Group, GTCSG)
Member and from 2000 – 2018 Secretary of the interdisciplinary working group “Geriatric Oncology” of the DGHO, DGG (German Society for Geriatrics) and AIO (Working Group for Internal Oncology)

Review and editorial activities for numerous scientific journals, including “Annals of Oncology”, “Onkologie”, “International Journal of Andrology”, “BMC Cancer”, “International Journal of Cancer”, “Nature Reviews Urology”, Frontiers in Oncology (Editor Special Issue), Marine Drugs (Associate Editor), Oncology Research and Treatment (Editorial Board).

Reviewer for national and international professional societies and foundations, including the German Society for Hematology and Oncology, International Society of Geriatric Oncology, German Cancer Aid, Wilhelm Sander Foundation, UK Cancer Research Swiss Cancer League and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Research Foundation).

Since 2008 Author, since 2013 Author and Editor and since 2018 Main editor of “Pocketbook Hematology and Oncology – Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Therapy”, the most frequently used reference book in oncology/hematology in German-speaking countries (www.onkologie2022.de)

Publications

Honecker, Claßen, Preiß, Dornoff: Pocketbook Hematology and Oncology, Zuckschwerdt-Verlag, Munich 2022/23

 

Friedemann U. Honecker: Molecular mechanisms of growth regulation of tumor cells by the integrin a5b1, Verlag Buch und Mensch, Berlin 1999

 

Bokemeyer C, Kollmannsberger C, Hartmann JT, Honecker F, Mayer F, Kanz L: Chemotherapy of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder – update 2001, in „Aktuelle Onkologie“, Zuckschwerdt-Verlag, Munich 2001

 

Hartmann JT, Kuczyk M, Mayer F, Honecker F, Bokemeyer C: Chemotherapy of metastatic germ cell tumors of the testis, in „Pharmakotherapie urologischer Tumoren“, Springer Verlag Heidelberg 2001

 

  1. Wolter Oosterhuis, Friedemann Honecker, Frank Mayer, Carsten Bokemeyer, L.H.J. Looijenga: Pathobiological basis of treatment strategies in Germ Cell Tumors, in “Urological Cancers”, edited by Jonathan Waxman, Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2005

 

  1. Honecker, G. Kolb, C. Bokemeyer: Chapter 7.5.4 Cytostatic therapy, growth factors, supportive therapy, in „Kompendium Altersmedizin, Geriatrie – Gerontologie – Gerontotechnik“, edited by H.W. Heiß, ecomed verlagsgesellschaft, 2005

 

  1. Honecker, C. Bokemeyer, C.H. Köhne: Chapter 7.5.12 Colorectal carcinoma, in „Kompendium Altersmedizin, Geriatrie – Gerontologie – Gerontotechnik“, edited by H.W. Heiß, ecomed verlagsgesellschaft, 2005

 

Friedemann Honecker: Normal and Malignant Germ Cell Development. Thesis Erasmus-University 2006

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