The laboratories of ASC Oncology GmbH are located on the campus of the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin-Buch.
By public transport
From Schönefeld (SXF) airport
Take the shuttle bus or walk around 10 minutes to the station “Schönefeld”.
From the “S Bahnhof Schönefeld” take the Airport Express or the S-Bahn line S9 to the stop “Friedrichstraße”. Change to the line S2 in the direction of “Buch” or “Bernau” and get off at the stop “Buch”.
Walk from the station to the bus stop to the left of the main entrance and take the bus line 353 in the direction “Campus Buch” to the final stop.
From Central station or Zoologischer Garten
Take any eastbound S-Bahn (S3 in the direction of Erkner, S5 in the direction of Strausberg (Nord), S7/S75 in the direction of Ahrensfelde/Wartenberg, S9 in the direction Schönefeld) to the stop “Friedrichstraße”. Change to the line S2 in the direction of “Buch” or “Bernau” and get off at the stop “Buch”.
Walk from the station to the bus stop to the left of the main entrance and take the bus line 353 in the direction “Campus Buch” to the final stop.
From Ostbahnhof
Take any westbound S-Bahn (S3/S5 in the direction of Westkreuz, S7/S75 in the direction of Potsdam Hauptbahnhof, S9 in the direction of Spandau) to the stop “Friedrichstraße”. Change to the line S2 in the direction of “Buch” or “Bernau” and get off at the stop “Buch”.
Walk from the station to the bus stop to the left of the main entrance and take the bus line 353 in the direction “Campus Buch” to the final stop.
By car
Travelling from Berlin-Mitte, drive along Prenzlauer Promenade away from the city (direction motorway Prenzlau).
Take the exit “Bucher Straße” and turn right at the traffic lights into Hobrechtsfelder Chaussee (direction “Buch”).
Follow the road to the next crossroads and turn right into Wiltbergstraße. Drive under the S-Bahn bridge and along Wiltbergstraße for 500 m until it meets Karower Chaussee.
After 500 m turn left into Robert-Rössle-Straße. The road takes you directly to the campus.
Parking
ASC Oncology does not have any visitor’s parking spaces on the campus.
Pay and display parking is available on the campus or in the surrounding area. A public car park is located a short walk from ASC at the North-East entrance to the campus. Credit cards are not accepted.
Collaborations
FAQ
We go one step further. Sequencing tumors, for example, can reveal changes in the genetic material that may be used as a target for treatment of your tumor. However, it’s not clear if the targeted treatment will work in your case. Recent studies have shown that only a fraction of patients (0.8 – 3%) have been able to benefit from a therapy chosen for its sequencing results (Tannock & Hickman, 2019). In contrast, ASC Oncology’s Reverse Clinical Engineering® uses a person’s own tumor model to directly test the cancer drugs’ efficacy. This allows a prediction to be made about how you will respond to therapy. Find out more about the test procedure under Science.
Your treating physician removes a small piece of cancer tissue during your surgery or biopsy and sends this directly to ASC Oncology’s laboratory. Our team of scientists multiplies the living tumor cells in the lab and grows “avatars” of your tumor, called ‘tumor organoids’. These avatars of the tumor can be used to test drugs that may be candidates for treating your tumor, allowing the most effective anticancer drug to be determined before therapy begins. Our results are an important decision-making aid for personalized anticancer therapy. Compared to following standard guideline recommended therapy, this approach has higher chances of treatment success. View a complete list of steps of the procedure here.
No, ASC Oncology does not replace your oncologist, but provides you and your doctor with additional information. Every patient and every cancer is unique. The results of the Reverse Clinical Engineering® test procedure will tell you and your oncologist which drugs are likely to be effective on your individual tumor. These additional insights increase the chance of receiving effective drug therapy right from the start and avoiding ineffective therapies along with potential side effects.
It varies. Depending on the quality of the tumor sample and the cancer entity, growing PD3D® tumor models can take different amounts of time. On average, the Reverse Clinical Engineering® test procedure takes 28 days from receiving the sample to preparing the final report.
Please do not send a sample without letting us know in advance. Please contact us at 0800 6988667 or use our online form to register a patient and send a sample. We will organize the pick-up and provide everything needed to transport it as quickly as possible – even for short-term requests. Take a look at our overview of the procedure.
ASC Oncology was founded in 2019 by leading scientists in the fields of pathology, biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, and tumor biology. We are an interdisciplinary team of experts, who together with lawyers and business information specialists, are dedicated in our fight against cancer and to advance precision oncology.
ASC Oncology benefits from years of expertise in 3D cell culture and the latest findings in the field of tumor organoid research through close collaboration with its sister company CELLphenomics, which was founded in 2014. In addition, we are supported by a top-class advisory board consisting of physicians, scientists, and patient representatives.