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[Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST): current standards in multimodal management].
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - 1 Aug 2011
Reichardt P, Reichardt A
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are the most frequent mesenchymal tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. The gold standard therapy is their complete surgical removal with safety margins of 1-2 cm. Intraoperative damage to the tumour must be avoided because tumour rupture carries a very high risk of peritoneal spread. Since metastases to lymph nodes in general does not occur in GIST a lymph node dissection...
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