A single-institution experience with eight CD117-positive primary extragastrointestinal stromal tumors: Critical appraisal and a comparison with their gastrointestinal counterparts

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1094-1098

  Goh, Brian K P ^a   Chow, Pierce K H ^a,b   Kesavan, Sittampalam M ^a   Yap, Wai Ming ^a   Chung, Yaw Fui A ^a   Wong, Wai Keong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

EGIST; Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST; Mesentery; Omentum

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349107555     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0828-4     Document Type: Article

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