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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors and leiomyosarcomas in the colon: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 44 cases.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Oct 2000
Miettinen M, Sarlomo-Rikala M, Sobin L H, Lasota J
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), mesenchymal tumors largely specific for the gastrointestinal tract, have been well defined in the stomach and small intestine, but have not been extensively documented or contrasted with true smooth muscle tumors in the colon. This study was undertaken to determine the clinicopathologic features of GISTs of the colon, excluding the rectum, and to compare them with...
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