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Immunohistopathological and molecular genetic features of a case in which gastrointestinal stromal tumor recurred five times.
Pathology international - 1 Mar 2004
Inoue Tsukasa, Suzuki Takashi, Nakagawa Kunitoshi, Kurokawa Yoshimochi, Satomi Susumu, Moriya Takuya, Sasano Nobuaki, Sasano Hironobu
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a distinct group of mesenchymal neoplasms recently shown to exhibit differentiation toward interstitial cells of Cajal. Although previous studies have shown that the clinical outcome of patients with GIST is associated with mitotic activity, the proliferation index determined by the Ki-67 labeling index, immunophenotype (CD34 and/or p53) and mutation in exon 11 of the...
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