[Regional medical care program in Stockholm-Gotland region: a first step toward a unified care of patients with stomach cancer].
Cancer treatment in Sweden is coordinated by regional oncology centers responsible for keeping registers of cancer cases and assisting the medical profession in establishing regional consensus on the treatment of specific cancer forms. The article describes the development of a regional multidisciplinary protocol for gastric cancer, with standardization of preoperative investigations and curative surgery. A follow-up procedure deals with postoperative problems and defines recurrence rates.
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Radiumhemmet och kirurgiska kliniken, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm. peter.gunven@ks.se
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D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012041:Regional Medical Programs; D012042:Registries; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology