Comprehensive Center for Chest Diseases | CCCD

Comprehensive Center for Chest Diseases About the CCCD

The Comprehensive Center for Chest Diseases (CCCD) combines both medical and scientific expertise from
various specialized disciplines. Due to the close cooperation between all institutions and professions at the Medical University of Vienna and the Vienna General Hospital, a holistic approach in prevention, diagnosis,
management, therapy and prophylaxis of functional and oncological diseases of the thoracic organs is followed. These include the lungs, the thoracic wall, the diaphragm, the mediastinum, the esophagus, the thymus gland as well as the trachea.
The CCCD aims at continuously improving and further developing patient treatment, research, education and
training in the field of lung and thoracic diseases.

Events All Events

05. September 2025 9:00 AM-17:00 PM

The ERS Congress 2025

06. September 2025
- 09. September 2025

IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC)

10. September 2025 17:30 PM-21:00 PM

Pneumological-thoracic surgery colloquium | 2025

16. October 2025
- 18. October 2025

ÖGP | OGTC Jahrestagung 2025

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11. June 2025

CCCD Starter Grant Call 2025

Das CCCD freut sich, den Start des Bewerbungsverfahrens für zwei CCCD-Starter Grants 2025 bekannt zu geben! Dieser Förderpreis richtet sich an…

05. June 2025

AI improves evaluation of lung function tests in ILD

A study conducted by a research team led by Daniela Gompelmann from MedUni Vienna shows that AI improves the detection of interstitial lung disease…

04. June 2025

Clemens Aigner on the ESTS Board of Directors

Clemens Aigner, Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Head of the CCCD (Medical University of Vienna), was appointed to the Board of…

16. May 2025

Importance of PAH centers for early detection and treatment

In this interview, Nika Skoro-Sajer from MedUni Vienna talks about the role of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) centers in the early detection…

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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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