Gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the colon presenting with intestinal obstruction

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 175-177

  Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Punia, Rajpal Singh ^a   Kaushik, Robin ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Colonic tumour; GIST; Imatinib; Intestinal obstruction; Large bowel

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ADOLESCENT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 13444270486     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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