Clinical and molecular characteristics of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the pediatric and young adult population.

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) typically occur late in life; however, there also are reports of pediatric and young adult patients. This rare subset of GISTs has clinicopathologic and molecular features distinct from their adult counterparts. Most pediatric GIST patients are female and often present with multifocal tumors that are epithelioid in nature. Although these young patients often have metastatic...

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