Stephan Tanneberger

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Stephan Tanneberger (born  December 27, 1935 in Chemnitz ; † March 5, 2018 in Greifswald ) was a German doctor and chemist who held leading positions in the research and treatment of cancer in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) . From 1975 to 1990 he was director of the Central Institute for Cancer Research of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . In 1991 he left Germany and since then has devoted himself to palliative care for people with cancer, mainly in Italy and countries in the Third World . In 2005 he founded in Anklam , the Center for Peace Work - Otto Lilienthal - Hanseatic city of Anklam , located in the former Wehrmacht prison Anklam is.

Life

Stephan Tanneberger (2010)

Stephan Tanneberger was born in Chemnitz in 1935 and graduated from the University of Leipzig with a degree in chemistry and human medicine , which he completed in 1961 with a scientific doctorate and three years later with a medical doctorate . After receiving his habilitation in Leipzig in 1970 , he worked as senior physician from 1971 , from 1972 as chief physician and from 1973 as deputy medical director at the Central Institute for Cancer Research (ZIK) of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in Berlin-Buch . In 1974 he was appointed professor of clinical and experimental tumor biology by the academy and a year later director of the institute after its founding director Hans Gummel died in 1973 and his deputies Arnold Graffi and Theodor Matthes initially jointly managed the institute. He headed the ZIK and the GDR's national cancer research and fight against cancer program until January 1990 and from the beginning of 1989 was also chairman of the newly created Center for Medical Science at the Academy, which oversees the activities of all medical AdW institutions and the city clinic in Berlin - Book coordinated. In 1988 Tanneberger was elected chairman of the Society for Combating Tumors in the GDR.

After the political change in the GDR and German reunification in 1990, Stephan Tanneberger worked as an oncologist on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO) in various developing countries , including Bangladesh , India , North Korea and Albania . In 1993 he took on a leading position at the Italian organization Associazione Nazionale Tumori (ANT), whose activities primarily include palliative care for cancer patients in their home environment as well as cancer prevention. A year later he was appointed Secretary General of ANT International and, in 2000, Scientific Director of the ANT Institute . At the same time, he had been a professor at the University of Bologna since 1993 . In 2005 he took over the management of the Black Sea program of the European School of Oncology, the aim of which is to improve education and training as well as the exchange of information and experience in the field of cancer control in Armenia , Azerbaijan , Moldova , Georgia , Romania and the Ukraine is. In 2008 the Euro-Arab School of Oncology was added . He had written several books about his experience of treating terminally ill cancer patients.

In addition to his medical work, Stephan Tanneberger was active in the field of peace work . In 2005 he set up the Foundation for Peace Work - Otto Lilienthal - Hanseatic City of Anklam . Since then he has been chairman of the foundation's board of directors and has played a major role in the partial restoration of the former Wehrmacht prison in Anklam and the local forest for peace and against climate change project , which has been involved in the billion trees campaign of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) since 2010 .

Stephan Tanneberger was married from 1970 to 2000 and had a son and two daughters. He died in Greifswald in 2018 as a result of a serious fall. His grave is in the Pankow IV cemetery in Berlin-Niederschönhausen .

Awards

Stephan Tanneberger has received various national and international honors. These included in the GDR, among other things, the award of the honorary title " Outstanding Scientist of the People " in 1986 and, from 1981, the corresponding and, from 1989, regular membership in the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. From 1998 to 2016 he was a member of the Leibniz Society . In March 2012 he received the silver seal of the University of Bologna and in August 2015 the badge of honor from the Hanseatic City of Anklam.

Fonts (selection)

  • Experimental and clinical tumor chemotherapy. 2 volumes. Stuttgart / New York 1980; 2nd edition Berlin 1986.
  • Cancer: Contributions to the prevention, early detection and treatment of malignant neoplasms. Jena 1981.
  • The Control of Tumor Growth and its Biological Bases. Boston and The Hague 1983.
  • Someone in my family has cancer. What can I do? Munich 1995.
  • There will be a wonderful spring: the experiences of a cancer doctor on three continents. Berlin 1998.
  • Neko u mojoj porodici ima rak: sta mogu da ucinim? Novi Sad 2001.
  • Terminal cancer. Munich 2001.
  • Sara una meravigliosa primavera. Bologna 2002.
  • Life sheets: experiences in the fight against cancer and war. Berlin 2003.
  • Cancer In Developing Countries: The Great Challenge For Oncology In The 21st Century. Munich 2004.
  • Cancer Medicine At The Dawn Of The 21st Century. Bologna 2006.
  • ESMO Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care. London / New York 2006.
  • Emergency landing. Kückenshagen 2010.
  • Ethics in Medical Research in the GDR. Greifswald 2010.
  • Getting old - (not) a feat? Munich 2013.
  • Barefoot across the stubble field. Berlin 2015.
  • Truth search: over a wall in Berlin and the world of tomorrow . Berlin 2017.

literature

  • Tannenberger, Stephan . In: Werner Hartkopf:The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700–1990. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1992,ISBN 3-05-002153-5, p. 357.
  • Janet Fricker: A Reverence for Life in Turbulent Times. In: Cancerworld. 27/2008. European School of Oncology, pp. 26-32.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Schoenwiese: Stephan Tanneberger is dead. Published online on March 7, 2018 at nordkurier.de , accessed on March 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Eternal directory of members of the Leibniz Society. Leibniz Society's website, accessed on February 26, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Tanneberger, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German oncologist, chemist and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH 5th March 2018
Place of death Greifswald