The Faculty of Medicine congratulates Professor Dr. Anke Reinacher-Schick

Professor Dr. Anke Reinacher-Schick, Clinic Director of Oncology and Haematology at St. Josef-Hospital Bochum (Ruhr University Hospital), will be Congress President of the German Cancer Congress 2026.

RUB oncologist becomes president of the German Cancer Congress 2026

The baton was handed over at the recently concluded four-day Congress 2024 with 12,500 participants in Berlin. The congress takes place every two years, is regarded as the most important scientific forum for German cancer medicine and discusses new findings and therapies in oncology in around 300 sessions, always with top-class participants from research to care.

Professor Reinacher-Schick has long been involved in the German Cancer Society, where she heads the Internal Oncology Working Group (AIO). “I consider it a great honor to be able to take over this congress presidency,” she says. ”One of my major goals has always been to ensure that cutting-edge medicine not only benefits individual metropolitan areas, but to bring it to a wider audience and thus make it available to all affected people. This access to optimal care will also play an important role at the 2026 congress, as will the promotion of young talent in oncology, the patient's perspective and the prevention of cancer.”

In addition to the personal success for Professor Reinacher-Schick, the presidency is an honor for the oncology focus of Bochum University Medicine.