Many patients find the scope of the statutory preventive examinations insufficient. Upon request, additional examinations are possible. Since these are not covered by the statutory health insurance, they must be paid for by the patient. These include:
• Extended check-up: in addition to the statutory preventive examination, it includes an ECG, pulmonary function test, and a variety of laboratory tests.
• Additional check-up: preventive examination before the age of 35 or annual examination (instead of every two years).
• Determination of homocysteine level (a risk factor for arteriosclerosis) and PSA level (a parameter that can indicate the possible presence of prostate cancer).
• Analysis of body composition, including measurement of body fat percentage, body mass, fat-free mass, and body mass index (important for diets, among others).
• Diagnosis of circulatory disorders.
• Analysis of the autonomic nervous system.
• Bioenergetic diagnostics.
• Tumor marker M2PK for the early detection of colorectal cancer: For patients who do not wish to undergo colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening but still desire a high level of certainty, the tumor marker test offers such an option. The conventional fecal occult blood test detects small amounts of blood in the stool and therefore only detects "bleeding" colorectal tumors. In contrast, the M2PK test measures protein substances in the stool that are released by colorectal tumors and their precursors, polyps. This significantly increases the probability of detecting a tumor or its precursor using a stool test compared to the conventional test. If the M2PK test is combined with the determination of inflammatory markers and blood testing in the stool, a negative test result (meaning everything is fine) nearly achieves the detection rate of a colonoscopy.
• Tumor marker NMP22 for the early detection of bladder cancer: Although bladder cancer is a relatively common type of cancer, it receives relatively little attention in the public perception. Therefore, early detection is all the more important, and it can be performed within 20 minutes using a simple urine test.