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

Bareck, Evelyne; Ba-Ssalamah, Ahmed; Brodowicz, Thomas; Eisterer, Wolfgang; Häfner, Michael; Högenauer, Christoph; Kastner, Ulrike; Kühr, Thomas; Längle, Friedrich; Liegl-Atzwanger, Bernadette; Schoppmann, Sebastian F; Widmann, Gerlig; Wrba, Fritz; Zacherl, Johannes; Ploner, Ferdinand

Bareck, Evelyne; Ba-Ssalamah, Ahmed; Brodowicz, Thomas; Eisterer, Wolfgang; Häfner, Michael; Högenauer, Christoph; Kastner, Ulrike; Kühr, Thomas; Längle, Friedrich; Liegl-Atzwanger, Bernadette; Schoppmann, Sebastian F; Widmann, Gerlig; Wrba, Fritz; Zacherl, Johannes; Ploner, Ferdinand.

Affiliation

Bareck E; Department of Surgery, General Hospital, Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria. evelyne.bareck@wienerneustadt.lknoe.at

Wien Med Wochenschr ; 163(5-6): 137-52, 2013 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23508516

ABSTRACT

Optimal treatment for patients suffering from gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is based on an interdisciplinary treatment approach. Austrian representatives of Medical and Surgical Oncology, Pathology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Laboratory Medicine issued this manuscript on a consensual base within the context of currently available and published literature. This paper contains guidelines and recommendations for diagnosis, therapy, and follow-up of GIST patients in Austria.

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Aftercare; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/diagnosis; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/surgery; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors/diagnosis; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors/surgery; Adult; Austria; Benzamides/therapeutic use; Biopsy; Child; Combined Modality Therapy; Cooperative Behavior; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Imaging; Disease Progression; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/genetics; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/pathology; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors/genetics; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors/pathology; Gastrointestinal Tract/pathology; Gastrointestinal Tract/surgery; Humans; Imatinib Mesylate; Indoles/therapeutic use; Interdisciplinary Communication; Mitotic Index; Neoadjuvant Therapy; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnosis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/genetics; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/diagnosis; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/pathology; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/surgery; Nomograms; Palliative Care; Phenylurea Compounds/therapeutic use; Piperazines/therapeutic use; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/genetics; Pyridines/therapeutic use; Pyrimidines/therapeutic use; Pyrroles/therapeutic use; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Assessment; Sunitinib

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Aftercare / Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Type of study: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Guideline / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Wien Med Wochenschr Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Austria

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