title: [Results of radiotherapy of gastrointestinal malignancies].
abstract: Irradiation offers only a palliative treatment for malignant tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. Cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid represents an exception; above all, preoperative irradiation improves a five year survival rate up to 15%. There is a better prognosis for non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphomas of the entire gastrointestinal tract.
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der Strahlentherapie bei Malignomen des Gastrointestinaltraktes.