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Clinicopathological Characteristics, Surgery and Survival Outcomes of Patients with Duodenal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.
Digestion - 1 Jan 2016
Sugase Takahito, Takahashi Tsuyoshi, Nakajima Kiyokazu, Hirota Seiichi, Masuzawa Toru, Nishida Toshirou, Kimura Yutaka, Miyazaki Yasuhiro, Makino Tomoki, Kurokawa Yukinori, Yamasaki Makoto, Takiguchi Shuji, Mori Masaki, Doki Yuichiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are a rare subset of GISTs (3-5%), and their clinicopathological features have not been fully described. The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine these characteristics and compare the operative procedures. METHODS: Twenty-five patients with duodenal GIST underwent complete resection, local resection (LR) or pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD)...
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