Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Recommendations on diagnosis, therapy and follow-up care in Austria.

Abstract

Adequate treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is linked to an interdisciplinary treatment approach. Austrian representatives of medical oncology, surgery, pathology, radiology and gastroenterology have issued this consensus manuscript within the context of currently available and published literature. The paper contains guidelines and recommendations for diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of GIST patients in Austria.

• Authors: Ferdinand Ploner, Johannes Zacherl, Friedrich Wrba, Friedrich Längle, Evelyne Bareck, Wolfgang Eisterer, Thomas Kühr, Wolfgang Schima, Michael Häfner, Thomas Brodowicz
• Journal: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (Wien Klin Wochenschr) Vol. 121 Issue 23-24 Pg. 780-90 ( 2009) ISSN: 1613-7671 [Electronic] Austria
• PMID: 20047117 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Austria
• Delivery of Health Care (standards)
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (diagnosis, therapy)
• Humans
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Practice Patterns, Physicians' (standards)