title: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Recommendations on diagnosis, therapy and follow-up care in Austria.
abstract: Adequate treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is linked to an interdisciplinary treatment approach. Austrian representatives of medical oncology, surgery, pathology, radiology and gastroenterology have issued this consensus manuscript within the context of currently available and published literature. The paper contains guidelines and recommendations for diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of GIST patients in Austria.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Ferdinand
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ploner
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zacherl
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wrba
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Längle
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bareck
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eisterer
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kühr
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schima
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Häfner
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brodowicz
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*