title: [Medical Rehabilitation in Gastrointestinal Oncology].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The demographic change of the human population comes along with an increasing aging, a rise of chronic diseases, particular carcinosis, as well as the need for prolonged working life times. This causes big challenges for the public health systems, primarily in the field of surgery. In this respect, oncological rehabilitation has an important supporting function. Its mission is to reintegrate the patient after surgery back into domestic, social and professional life. This article covers the most significant questions for rehabilitation of gastrointestinal oncology.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to illustrate the legal foundations and routes to access oncological rehabilitation as well as to provide a survey of the contents of oncological rehabilitation with a special emphasis on gastrointestinal tumours.
  
  
  METHODS
  We surveyed experience in clinical rehabilitation by means of an appropriate literature search. Key Findings and Conclusions: Oncological rehabilitation is anchored in social legislation. The terms of reference are different from those of an acute hospital. Apart from the treatment of numerous specific somatic problems, both psycho-oncological care and social-medical consultation and evaluation are centrally important tasks.
authors.affiliation: Onkologie/Pulmologie, WZ-Rehaklinik Bad Salzelmen, Schönebeck/Elbe, Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bilsing
authors.affiliation: Onkologie/Pulmologie, WZ-Rehaklinik Bad Salzelmen, Schönebeck/Elbe, Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anger
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg A. ö. R., Magdeburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000191:economics; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005858:Germany; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008483:Medical Assistance / Q000191:economics; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000191:economics; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics