Management of gastrointestinal stromal tumours: A single-centre experience

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-160

  Butt, J ^a   Rowley, S ^a   Byrne, P J ^a   Reynolds, J V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

C Kit; CD117; Gastric stromal tumours; GIST excision; Gleevec; Laparoscopic GIST

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRELAND; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PYRIMIDINES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548488952     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-007-0054-6     Document Type: Article

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