title: [Significance of palliative resection of gastrointestinal tumors].
abstract: Before any palliative tumor resection, the morbidity and mortality risks must be carefully weighed against the continued prognosis (including quick and lasting relief of discomfort from the tumor) and alternative strategies such as bypass, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Multimodal concepts have seen considerable progress in recent years, and endoscopic and interventional methods have expanded the instrumentarium for palliative tumor therapy. Thus the value of palliative resection must be reassessed. The most important criteria and study results are described here, as they have resulted in increased interest in palliative tumor resection within a multimodal treatment for most gastrointestinal tumors. More studies are needed to learn how much can realistically be expected of these new approaches.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Chirurgie und Chirurgische Onkologie, Charitè Campus Buch, Robert-Rössle-Klinik im Helios Klinikum Berlin.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beller
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schlag
mesh_terms: D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome