[Are the actual criteria of tumor classification and therapy valuation sufficient for the tumor therapy? (author's transl)].
The classical notions of tumor diagnosis (classification and diagnostic accuracy) as well as the generally accepted criteria for evaluating the success of the tumor therapy (mortality graphs, survival time and remission) are submitted to a critical examination. It is found that the actual version of these notions and criteria can cause serious errors in diagnosis and valuation. It seems therefore indispensable to complete and correct these generally used notions. However important scientifically founded and precisely defined parameters for tumor therapy and its valuation may be, one must never forget on the other hand that the treatment of a tumor patient is an individual problem and that  the most important task of the oncologist remains to give psychological guidance to every single patient.
D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic
Sind die gegenwärtig verwendeten Kriterien der Tumorklassifizierung und Therapiebewertung für die Krebsbehandlung ausreichend?