Tumor and Breast CenterEastern Switzerland in Wattwil

Your specialists for tumors and breast diseases.

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Tumor and Breast CenterEastern Switzerland in Wattwil

Your specialists for tumors and breast diseases.

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We offer our patients from Toggenburg comprehensive and competent oncological treatment close to home in accordance with the latest medical knowledge.

Individual care in a personal atmosphere by our experienced oncology team at the Wattwil site is important to us. Patients appreciate the constant and reliable medical and nursing support they receive in difficult life situations.

Our services

Breast diseases

Here you will find an overview of the most common breast diseases, diagnosis and treatment methods.

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Blood disorders

Here you will find information about blood diseases, therapy
and the procedures in our tumor and breast center.

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Tumor diseases

Find out here about our approach to clarifying tumor diseases and possible forms of therapy.

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Medical offer

The Tumor & Breast Center Eastern Switzerland Wattwil

As a rule in close interdisciplinary cooperation, i.e. with the involvement of other specialists with participation in weekly meetings at the interdisciplinary tumor board
Personal medical consultation to draw up an individual clarification and treatment plan
For further specific laboratory analyses, we work together with the ZLM (Center for Laboratory Medicine)
For conventional radiological and computed tomography examinations, we have access to the in-house radiology department operated by the Berit Clinic in collaboration with the Radiology Plus team

In addition to the administration of various chemotherapies, antibody therapies, immunotherapies and anti-hormone therapies, drug-based cancer treatment also includes other targeted cancer therapies.

We also carry out blood transfusions if required.
A private atmosphere is important to us, treatment in a single room on request

Specialist genetic counseling
Membership SAKK Network for Cancer Predisposition, Testing and Counseling

Our experienced nurses, who are specifically trained to carry out oncological therapies, will accompany and advise you personally, sensitively and competently. In addition to the preparation, implementation and monitoring of various tumor therapies, our nurses are also available to you and your relatives in advisory discussions and also provide addresses and offers for people affected by cancer, e.g. local Spitex, meal service, psycho-oncological support, nutritional advice or free advice from the Cancer League on personal concerns and, above all, legal and insurance issues, palliative bridging service.

Whether chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone therapy - wewe find the best possible form of therapy for our patients.

Cancer cells can be slowed down and killed with tablets and infusions. The use of these drugs depends on the situation at hand:

1. before an operation (neoadjuvant): with the aim of shrinking the tumor so that it can be operated on more effectively
2. after an operation (adjuvant): with the aim of ridding the body of suspected remaining tumor cells.
3. to reduce the size of metastases and control the disease if metastases have formed.

A precise histological examination of the tumor allows the therapy to be tailored to the tumor. Depending on the nature of the tumor, one or more groups of drugs (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, anti-hormone therapy) can be used to achieve the best possible disease control.

Our specialists

Dr. med. Angelika Bickel-Augeneder

Medical oncology

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Dr. med. Isabella Schönenberger

Medical oncology

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Our practice team

Our dedicated and versatile team is at your side with help and advice.

Get to know all our employees and find out more about their areas of expertise.

Impressions of the Wattwil site

Gain an insight into our everyday practice and our modern premises.

Our office hours

Opening hours at the Tumor and Breast Center, Wattwil site
Monday-Wednesday 8.00-17.00 / Thursday 8.00-12.00 / Closed on Fridays
For urgent cases we are also available by telephone on Thursday afternoons and Fridays

The procedure at our Tumor and Breast Center

Registration at the Tumor and Breast Center Eastern Switzerland in Wattwil is usually done by your family doctor or gynaecologist. If you have any complaints or questions, you can also make an appointment directly with us. We treat patients of all insurance classes.

We allocate appointments according to urgency. In the event of suspicious changes, you will be offered an appointment for clarification within a maximum of 2 (working) days.

If you are unable to keep your appointment, please inform us as early as possible.

We can quickly clarify any changes in the breast or abnormal findings. As part of the initial consultation, we carry out a detailed discussion and a palpation and ultrasound examination of the breast. If there are any abnormal findings, a sample can be taken immediately (biopsy) using a thin needle. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia and takes around 15 minutes

In most cases, a mammogram is also necessary for a comprehensive assessment in the breast consultation. These are carried out at the Stephanshorn Clinic. We schedule these on the same day directly before or after your appointment in our consultation. A shuttle service is organized by us and guarantees a quick way to the mammography and back to us.

If required, we can organize additional examinations (e.g. MRI) for you via our colleagues in radiology.

We will inform you of the result of the biopsy as soon as possible and discuss the next steps in your individual situation with you. Very often, the changes are harmless and do not require any further treatment.

However, if you are diagnosed with breast cancer, your findings will be discussed by our team and at our interdisciplinary tumor conference. At the Breast Center, we will then explain the treatment recommendation to you and advise you in detail. We will then plan the next steps together with you.

If an operation is planned, we will discuss the procedure with you in detail. It is very important to us that, wherever possible, you are operated on by the same doctor who carried out your investigations and therefore knows you and all the necessary findings best.

We will perform your operation at the Stephanshorn Clinic. In the case of breast cancer, we will offer you an operation date within 1-2 weeks at the latest.

The Stephanshorn Clinic will send you all the necessary documents. If you are known to have any relevant concomitant illnesses, you may be invited separately for an anesthesia consultation. As a rule, however, you will be admitted to the clinic directly on the day of the operation.

You will be operated on by your attending physician from the Breast Center and then cared for during your stay in hospital. In the case of breast-conserving surgery, you can expect to stay in hospital for 1 to 3 days.

You can also find detailed information about your hospital stay directly via the Stephanshorn Clinic link:
www.hirslanden.ch/de/klinik-stephanshorn/ihr-aufenthalt/ablauf-ihres-aufenthalts.html

In the week following the operation, or at any time if required, we carry out a wound check at the Breast Center.

In the case of breast cancer, a second discussion takes place at the tumor conference after the operation. As part of the wound check, we explain the findings of the tumor operation and their significance for the further course of the disease in a personal discussion. Additional treatments are often recommended for breast cancer in order to prevent a relapse, e.g. radiotherapy of the breast or drug therapies.

Referral form for patients

With this online referral you can refer your patient to us in just a few steps. You will receive confirmation of the referral by
e-mail and an appointment confirmation as soon as the appointment has been made with the patient. Of course, you can also use our other contact options such as telephone or e-mail. Thank you very much for your trust!

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    Tumor and Breast Center Eastern Switzerland, Wattwil site

    Steig 48
    9630 Wattwil
    Switzerland

    E-Mail: info.wattwil@tbz-ost.ch
    Phone: 071 / 243 0290