Predictors of malignant behaviour in gastrointestinal stromal tumours: A clinicopathological study of 34 cases

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 288-296

  Abdulkader, Ihab ^a   Cameselle Teijeiro, José ^a   Gude, Francisco ^a   Fraga, Máximo ^a   Varela Durán, Juan ^a   Barreiro, Francisco ^a   Forteza, Jerónimo ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD117; GANT; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST; Leiomyoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; DESMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; MUSCLE TUMOR; NECROSIS; NERVE TUMOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STAINING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMA, EPITHELIOID; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036376865     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejs.48     Document Type: Article

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