Frequency, phenotype, and genotype of minute gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the stomach: An autopsy study

Human Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1849-1854

  Muenst, Simone ^a   Thies, Svenja ^a,b   Went, Philip ^c   Tornillo, Luigi ^a   Bihl, Michel P ^a   Dirnhofer, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

c KIT mutation; CD117; CD34; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST; Immunohistochemistry; PDGFRA

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS IN THE STOMACH; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955133889     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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