Small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumours and ampullary cancer in Type I neurofibromatosis

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Behranwala, Kasim A ^a   Spalding, Duncan ^a   Wotherspoon, Andrew ^a   Fisher, Cyril ^a   Thompson, Jeremy N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ampullary cancer; Gastrointestinal stromal tumour; Gastrointestinal tract; Neoplasm; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis; Neurofibrosarcoma; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM TUMOR; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

EID: 33646212624     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-2-1     Document Type: Article

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