German Cancer Aid Prize
The German Cancer Aid Award is a German science award . It is awarded annually by the German Cancer Aid ( Bonn ). German and foreign scientists and researchers are honored for outstanding work in oncology . It has been awarded since 1996.
history
The prize was made possible by a foundation of the Wilhelm Hoffmann family. In 1995 she donated an inheritance to the charitable Deutsche Krebshilfe in Bonn, with the condition that a prize be awarded annually from the interest earned on the donation. This regulation complies with the principle of the German Cancer Aid founder Mildred Scheel that the aid organization - regardless of state and economy - is financed exclusively from donations from citizens.
The price
The prize has been awarded since 1996 and goes back to an inheritance with the requirement to invest the proceeds with interest and to award an annual prize from the interest for research in the field of oncology. The name of the testator's husband - Hoffmann - will be taken into account when awarding the prize. The prize consists of a stylized bronze figure designed by the sculptor Maria Fernandez. The award is endowed with 15,000 euros. This award is intended to honor researchers and scientists who work in the persistent fight against cancer through groundbreaking findings and work for the benefit of people.
The winners
The German Cancer Aid Prize has so far been awarded to the following people (with justification in the original text):
- 1996: Hansjörg Riehm (Hanover) - for improving the treatment options for children with acute lymphocytic leukemia .
- 1997: Roland Bässler (Fulda) and Heinrich Maass from Hamburg - for their services in the field of diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer .
- 1998: Dieter Hoelzer (Frankfurt am Main) - for the groundbreaking development of treatment concepts for adults with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
- 1999: Claus Rainer Bartram (Heidelberg) - for his work in the field of childhood leukemia, in particular for predicting the course of the disease in children with acute lymphatic leukemia.
- 2000: Dieter Harms (Kiel) - for his pioneering work in the field of oncological pediatric pathology and for his exemplary commitment in setting up the children's tumor register in Kiel.
- 2001: Martin-Leo Hansmann from Frankfurt, Ralf Küppers (Cologne) and Klaus Rajewsky (Boston) - for their pioneering interdisciplinary work on the elucidation of the pathogenesis and biology of Hodgkin's disease .
- 2002: Almuth Sellschopp (Munich) - for her groundbreaking, internationally recognized work in the field of psycho-oncology .
- 2003: Peter Lichter (Heidelberg) - for his pioneering, internationally recognized achievements in the field of molecular cytogenetics .
- 2004: Jörg Rüdiger Siewert (Munich) - for his achievements in the field of interdisciplinary networking of patient care in oncology, as well as Karl Heinrich Welte (Hanover) - for his excellent scientific work in the cloning and therapeutic application of growth factors as well as research into blood stem cells .
- 2005: Axel Ullrich (Martinsried) - for his achievements in the field of intracellular signaling pathways .
- 2006: Harald zur Hausen (Heidelberg) - for his fundamental work in the field of tumor virology , which among other things led to the development of a vaccine to protect against cervical cancer (HPV vaccination).
- 2007: Volker Diehl (Cologne) - for his outstanding contribution to the treatment and research of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- 2008: Harald Stein (Berlin) - for his worldwide recognized work in the field of tumor pathology and research into malignant diseases of the lymphatic system .
- 2009: Hilde Schulte (Lower Saxony), honorary chairwoman of women's self-help after cancer, for her decades of work for cancer patients.
- 2009: Gerhard Englert ( Bavaria ), German ILCO chairman, for his services to the acceptance of cancer self-help in health care.
- 2010: Peter Propping , University of Bonn, for research into hereditary tumor diseases
- 2011: Klaus-Michael Debatin , Ulm University and Peter H. Krammer , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, for pioneering work in the field of apoptosis research
- 2012: Jörg Michaelis , University of Mainz, for his work on cancer epidemiology and the establishment of the German Childhood Cancer Register and Ferdinand Hofstädter , University of Regensburg, for his commitment to the nationwide establishment of clinical cancer registries in Germany
- 2013: Hans-Georg Rammenee , Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology at the University Hospital Tübingen, for his work in the field of antigen presentation and T-cell detection and Hans-Jochem Kolb , Municipal Hospital Munich and Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich, for his Working in the field of cellular immunotherapy and stem cell transplantation.
- 2014: Werner Hohenberger , Surgical Clinic of the University Hospital Erlangen, for the development of so-called multimodal therapy concepts for the treatment of colon cancer
- 2015: Fritz H. Schröder , Erasmus University in Rotterdam, for his work on the early detection of prostate cancer and PSA screening
- 2016: Gert Riethmüller , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, for his pioneering work and groundbreaking success in the development of therapeutically usable antibodies in cancer; Dolores J. Schendel , Helmholtz Center Munich, for her significant international research contributions to the development of innovative immunotherapy technologies
- 2017: Heribert Jürgens , University Hospital Münster, for "his great merits in pediatric oncology, especially in the development of therapeutic strategies for Ewing's sarcoma"
- 2018: Eberhard Klaschik , University Hospital Bonn, for "his significant commitment and his services in the development of palliative medical care structures as well as for his pioneering commitment to the strategic development of palliative medicine in Germany"
- 2019: Alexander Eggermont , Dutch scientist and director of the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht, for "his pioneering commitment to the sustainable improvement of interdisciplinary oncological care structures and the initiation of oncological centers (Comprehensive Cancer Centers) in Germany"
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Cancer Aid Award, accessed on April 13, 2019
- ↑ Accessed on February 6, 2018
- ↑ Awarding of the 2010 and 2011 prizes by Cancer Aid President Fritz Pleitgen at the ceremony, Altes Rathaus Bonn, January 26, 2012
- ↑ Awarded at the ceremony, Altes Rathaus (Bonn) , February 4, 2014
- ^ Deutsche Krebshilfe eV: Press invitation. (No longer available online.) In: krebshilfe.de. February 4, 2015, archived from the original on January 30, 2015 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Svenja Ludwig: Press invitation: Awarding of the German Cancer Aid Prize 2015. German Cancer Aid, press release from April 11, 2016 at Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 11, 2016.
- ↑ a b Christiana Tschoepe: Cancer researcher honored for outstanding work. Deutsche Krebshilfe, press release from February 5, 2018 at Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on February 5, 2018.
- ↑ Christiana Tschoepe: Awarding of the German Cancer Aid Prize 2018. German Cancer Aid, press release from April 4, 2019 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 4, 2019.
- ↑ Christiana Tschoepe: Awarding of the German Cancer Aid Prize 2019. German Cancer Aid, press release from January 27, 2020 from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on January 27, 2020.
