Comprehensive Center for Chest Diseases | CCCD

Comprehensive Center for Chest Diseases About the CCCD

The Comprehensive Center for Chest Diseases (CCCD) is committed to providing excellent, interdisciplinary care for patients with functional and/or oncological conditions affecting the thoracic organs. The focus is on a holistic treatment approach, scientifically based diagnostics and therapy, and close cooperation between all relevant disciplines and professions at the the Medical University of Vienna and the Vienna General Hospital.
The CCCD strives to play a leading role in patient-centered care, research, and education and training in diseases of the lungs, thorax (wall), and adjacent structures, such as the diaphragm, mediastinum, esophagus, thymus gland and trachea – aiming to continuously advance medical standards and shape the future of thoracic medicine.

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09. December 2025 17:30 PM-21:00 PM

Pneumological-thoracic surgery colloquium | 2025

15. January 2026 9:00 AM-19:00 PM

Multidisziplinäres Symposium - Der neonatologische und pädiatrische Atemweg

29. January 2026
- 01. February 2026

62nd STS Annual Meeting

22. April 2026
- 25. April 2026

ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

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13. October 2025

New method for treating benign pleural effusions used for the first time worldwide at MedUni Vienna/University Hospital Vienna

In a world first, a novel diaphragmatic valve was used to treat benign pleural effusions in two patients at the Department of Thoracic Surgery at…

20. November 2025

AI in oncology

Artificial intelligence has also found its way into oncology – in early detection, diagnosis and therapy, reports "Die Presse", quoting Helmut Prosch…

20. November 2025

Lung cancer is affecting more and more non-smokers

Smoking remains the biggest risk factor for this particularly deadly form of cancer. However, genetic and environmental factors are also increasingly…

16. October 2025

Updated Guideline on Covid-19 Presented

At the Pneumological-Thoracic Surgery Colloquium in Vienna, revised recommendations for acute Covid-19 treatment and Long/Post-Covid were presented.…

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Current developments in thoracic surgery (video in German)

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Thoracic surgery covers a broad spectrum of diseases that are treated: Oncologic thoracic surgery, functional thoracic surgery, end-stage lung disease with transplantation and lung replacement therapy. In this video, Clemens Aigner from the Department of Thoracic Surgery at MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital talks about lung-preserving surgery for early-stage lung cancer, translational research in thoracic surgery, potential improvements through the identification of molecular subtypes of lung cancer and the importance of prevention and early detection.

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The Mesothelioma Systemic Inflammation Score Is Independently Associated with Overall Survival and Predicts Benefit of Multimodality Treatment in Pleural Mesothelioma.

Mosleh B, Sinn K, Cho A, Reiner A, Steindl A, Lang C, Zöchbauer-Müller S, Dieckmann K, Widder J, Prosch H, Dome B, Schelch K, Aigner C, Klikovits T, Benej M, Watzka S, Filipits M, Bölükbas S, Sarova P, Gompelmann D, Grusch M, Hoda MA.
DOI: 10.3390/cancers17081371

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Impact of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Pleural Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy in Multimodality Treatment for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

Mosleh B, Schwarz S, Cho A, Sinn K, Steindl A, Zöchbauer-Müller S, Köstler WJ, Dieckmann K, Heilmann M, Widder J, Gompelmann D, Aigner C, Klikovits T, Hoda MA.
DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.70024

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PD-L1 expression in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer is associated with sex and genetic alterations: A retrospective study within the Caucasian population

Sarova P, Mosleh B, Zehetmayer S, Oberndorfer F, Widder J, Prosch H, Aigner C, Idzko M, Hoda MA, Gompelmann D.
DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.15336.

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PD-L1 assessment in lung cancer biopsies-pitfalls and limitations.

Gompelmann D, Sarova P, Mosleh B, Papaporfyriou A, Oberndorfer F, Idzko M, Hoda MA.
DOI: 10.1177/03936155231214273.

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