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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): a review.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 2009
Steigen Sonja E, Eide Tor J
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms in the gastrointestinal tract, which, over the last 10 years, have emerged from a poorly understood neoplasm to a well-defined tumor entity exhibiting particular molecular abnormalities and for which promising novel treatment modalities have been developed. GISTs probably arise from the precursor cell of the interstitial cell of...
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