Diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A consensus approach

Human Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 459-465

  Fletcher, Christopher D M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Berman, Jules J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Corless, Christopher ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Gorstein, Fred ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Lasota, Jerzy ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Longley, B Jack ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Miettinen, Markku ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   O’Leary, Timothy J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Remotti, Helen ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Rubin, Brian P ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Shmookler, Barry ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Sobin, Leslie H ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Weiss, Sharon W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CD117; Diagnosis; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Guidelines; KIT; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; ONCOGENE C KIT; PATHOLOGIST; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; STROMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0036301722     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2002.123545     Document Type: Article

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