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[Gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach. Updates and differences compared to other locations].
Der Pathologe - 1 May 2010
Wardelmann E, Hohenberger P, Reichardt P, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Schildhaus H-U, Büttner R
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most frequent mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Two thirds of them are located in the stomach, another 30% occur in the small bowel, while the remaining tumors occur in the rectum or more rarely in the oesophagus. GIST most commonly grow from the smooth muscular layer towards the serosal surface whereas development towards to the mucosal layer is less...
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