Soft tissue sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs)

Our highly skilled specialists provide excellent care for patients with bone and soft tissue tumours, from diagnosis to treatment. A special field of expertise for our experienced and certified surgical team is the treatment of abdominal soft tissue sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs). Our department is integrated into the interdisciplinary Sarcoma Centre at the University Cancer Centre Regensburg (UCC-R).

Abdominal soft tissue sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs)

Abdominal soft tissue sarcomas are rare forms of cancer that develop in the abdominal area in soft tissues such as muscles, fat or connective tissue. These tumours may grow at different rates in different parts of the abdomen. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are a special type of tumour that develop in the gastrointestinal tract, usually in the stomach or small intestine. GISTs develop from special cells in the intestinal wall. Both types of tumour can be painful. They may cause various symptoms depending on where they grow and how large they are.

The highest standard of interdisciplinary treatment

As a university centre, we treat patients with bone and soft tissue tumours at Regensburg University Hospital (UKR) in accordance with state-of-the-art medical knowledge and research. Our interdisciplinary collaboration means that you are in very good hands with us when it comes to the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care of your condition. Patients can also be treated with novel therapeutic methods within the scope of clinical trials.

The trauma surgery department offers a sarcoma consultation service, where patients are seen and advised personally by experts from all relevant specialist disciplines. The sarcoma consultation team then refers them to the interdisciplinary sarcoma conference at the UKR, where experts from the relevant specialist areas jointly determine the diagnostic and therapeutic approach for each individual patient.

Operations are performed by the relevant specialist departments (e.g. dermatology, ear, nose and throat medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, thoracic surgery). Medication and/or radiotherapy treatment is provided using the latest therapeutic methods in specialist oncology and radiotherapy departments.

Consultation and contact through the Sarcoma Centre.