Endoscopic resection of benign very low-risk gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Is it enough?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-179

  Piccinni, Giuseppe ^a,b   Marzullo, Andrea ^a   Angrisano, Anna ^a   Iacobone, Donatello ^a   Nacchiero, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic resection; Gastrointestinal stromal tumour; Submucosal oesophago gastric tumours

Indexed keywords

MAGALDRATE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MITOSIS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ULCER;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846842487     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000252632.80796.24     Document Type: Article

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