Gastrointestinal stromal tumors and leiomyosarcomas in the colon: A clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 44 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1339-1352

  Miettinen, M ^a   Sarlomo Rikala, M ^a   Sobin, L H ^a   Lasota, J ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C kit; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Genetics; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-KIT; STROMAL CELLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033771977     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200010000-00003     Document Type: Article

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