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Aug 24, 2023 · Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. GIST spans a wide clinical spectrum that ranges from tumors with essentially no metastatic potential to malignant and life-threatening spread diseases.
1 day ago · Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are rare mesenchymal tumours of the gastrointestinal tract, though rarely arising from intra-abdominal soft tissues [1]. They are most commonly seen in stomach (60%) and small intestine (30%) and less commonly in the rectum and omentum [2, 3]. GISTs are either derived from or differentiated towards ...
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma that occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Most of these tumors are caused by oncogenic activating mutations in the KIT or PDGFRA genes.
- 10.6004/jnccn.2022.0058
- 2022/11
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal origin, and a paradigmatic model for a successful rational development of targeted therapies in cancer.
Aug 20, 2018 · Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract associated with high rates of malignant transformation. Most GISTs present asymptomatically. They are best identified by computed tomography (CT) scan and most stain positive for CD117 (C-Kit), CD34, and/or DOG-1.
- Trisha M. Parab, Michael J. DeRogatis, Alexander M. Boaz, Salvatore A. Grasso, Paul S. Issack, David...
- 10.21037/jgo.2018.08.20
- 2018
- 2019/02
Download book PDF. Download book EPUB. Overview. Editors: Yukinori Kurokawa, Yoshito Komatsu. Enriches our understanding of GISTs both from basic to clinical aspects. Collects unique and cutting-edge data from the Asian region. Provides a comprehensive update of GISTs. 4875 Accesses. 2 Citations. About this book.
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Oct 16, 2019 · GIST is the most common mesenchymal tumour in the gastrointestinal tract. GIST is generally characterised by immunopositivity for CD117 (KIT) and arises from interstitial cells of Cajal that are normally part of the autonomic nervous system of the intestine.
