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[Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors: news and comments].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 2003
Ray-Coquard Isabelle, Le Cesne Axel, Michallet Véronique, Boukovinas Ioannis, Ranchere Dominique, Thiesse P, Baty Vincent, Blay Jean-Yves
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare tumors occuring at all levels of the gastrointestinal tract, whose estimated incidence may be close to 2 new cases per 100 000 persons per year. GIST derive from the interstital cells of Cajal (ICC) responsible for the motility of the GI tract, or from a common precursor of ICC and of the smooth muscle cells of the digestive tract. GIST cells express the c-kit...
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