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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: diagnosis, therapy and follow-up care in Austria
Evelyne Bareck1, Ahmed Ba-Ssalamah, Thomas Brodowicz
1Department of Surgery, General Hospital, Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria. evelyne.bareck@wienerneustadt.lknoe.at
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.