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Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in follow-up patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Nov 2003
Kinoshita Kazuo, Isozaki Koji, Tsutsui Shusaku, Kitamura Shinji, Hiraoka Shintaro, Watabe Kenji, Nakahara Masanori, Nagasawa Yutaka, Kiyohara Tatsuya, Miyazaki Yoshiji, Hirota Seiichi, Nishida Toshirou, Shinomura Yasuhisa, Matsuzawa Yuji
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Since all gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are practically considered to be potentially malignant, they must be clinically differentiated from other submucosal tumours (SMTs). In this study, we carried out endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) against follow-up SMTs to examine whether the method is sufficient for pathological diagnosis and analysis of c-kit...
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