Multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors and synchronous ileal carcinoids

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 166-170

  Buragas, Michele ^a   Kidd, Mark ^a   Modlin, Irvin M ^a   Cha, Charles ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Ileal carcinoid; Imatinib mesylate; KIT

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DESMIN; IMATINIB; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM CANCER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIVERTICULUM; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 20444506498     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0108     Document Type: Article

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