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Pattern of recurrence in patients with ruptured primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
The British journal of surgery - 1 Dec 2010
Hohenberger P, Ronellenfitsch U, Oladeji O, Pink D, Ströbel P, Wardelmann E, Reichardt P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: This study assessed the outcomes of patients with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) that ruptured before or during resection. METHODS: The records of 23 patients (8 women, 15 men; median age 54 years) with ruptured primary non-metastatic GIST were retrieved from a database of 554 patients. The written surgical and pathology reports were analysed. Review pathology was performed in all 23 cases,...
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