[Organization of systematic after-care of cancer patients in a general hospital]. / Organisation einer systematischen Nachsorge für Karzinom-Patienten an einem Allgemeinkrankenhaus.

ABSTRACT

For better care and control of our cancer-patients we have built up an organization for systematic follow-up. Two years' experiences are reported. After some difficulties in the beginning we now are able to follow-up and record the further course of the disease in all cancer-patients. Systematic oncologic follow-up contributes to greater living quality of the patients and leads the physician always to compare the treatment with that of other clinics and hospitals; it also enhances interdisciplinary exchange and -last not least-scientific evaluation of the therapeutic results.