From January 2026, Dr. Konstanze Blatt will join the management of the German Cancer Society (DKG ) as Secretary General designate. In the first six months, she will manage the business together with Dr. Johannes Bruns, who has led the society since 2006 and will retire in July 2026.

Blatt, currently Head of the Survey Department at the Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Healthcare (IQTIG), has extensive expertise in oncology. She was involved in the National Cancer Plan, where she contributed to the further development of clinical cancer registries and quality assurance projects in oncology care. With a doctorate in sociology, she has specialized in quality improvement in the healthcare sector, including at the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds, Prognos AG and Freiburg University Hospital.

Prof. Michael Ghadimi, President of the DKG, praised Blatt’s networking in the healthcare system and her in-depth knowledge of oncological care. She will strengthen certification procedures, guidelines and healthcare research in order to future-proof the DKG as Germany’s largest oncology society.

Blatt emphasizes the challenges in oncology, including demographic change, the shortage of specialists and the strained financial situation of statutory health insurers. She plans to further develop the DKG’s products and to campaign politically for better conditions in cancer treatment and research.

The DKG, successor to the “Comité für Krebssammelforschung” founded in 1900, is the largest oncology society in the German-speaking world with around 8,300 members. It promotes evidence-based medicine, interdisciplinarity and quality standards, is a co-initiator of the National Cancer Plan and a partner of the “National Decade Against Cancer”.

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