Fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors using morphology, immunocytochemistry, and mutational analysis of c-kit

Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 269-275

  Rader, Anne E ^a,b,c   Avery, Anne ^a,b   Wait, Cecily L ^b,c   McGreevey, Laura S ^d   Faigel, Douglas ^b,c   Heinrich, Michael C ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cancer Pathology Core Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DELETION MUTANT; EXON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C KIT; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA;

AGED; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0035949177     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.9041     Document Type: Article

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