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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor [PDF]
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2009 Background GISTs are a subset of mesenchymal tumors and represent the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of GI tract. However, GIST is a recently recognized tumor entity and the literature on these stromal tumors has rapidly expanded. Methods An extensive
Levidou Georgia +6 more
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Challenges in the management of metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Neurofibromatosis type 1 is an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome that is caused by a mutation in the NF1 gene that encodes neurofibromin. Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 have a higher risk of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
B. G. Bharath +3 more
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018 GI stromal tumors (GISTs) are neoplasms with a varying malignancy potential ranging from virtually indolent tumors to rapidly progressing cancers. GISTs occur throughout the intestinal tract, and most harbor an activating mutation in either KIT or platelet-derived growth factor A ( PDGFRA).
Margaret, von Mehren, Heikki, Joensuu
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Macrophage – tumor cell interaction beyond cytokines
Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 Tumor cells communication with tumor associated macrophages is a highly important factor of tumor malignant potential development. For a long time, studies of this interaction were focused on a cytokine- and other soluble factors -mediated processes ...
Olga Kovaleva +6 more
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A case of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the liver
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 A gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. The tumor originates from Cajal cells, which generated peristaltic motion.
An Nguyen Thi My Xuan, MD +5 more
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A Paradoxical Effect of Interleukin-32 Isoforms on Cancer
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 IL-32 plays a contradictory role such as tumor proliferation or suppressor in cancer development depending on the cancer type. In most cancers, it was found that the high expression of IL-32 was associated with more proliferative and progression of ...
Saerok Shim +17 more
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[Gastrointestinal stromal tumors]. [PDF]
Annali italiani di chirurgia, 2011 Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) account for 1% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms and are the most common mesenchymal tumor of gastrointestinal tract. There are considered to originate fom the intestinal cell of Cajal, an intestinal pacemaker cell, characterized usually express the KIT protein on immunohistochemistry.
Ridolfini, Mp +7 more
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Epithelioid Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of Duodenum Mimicking Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021 Gastrointestinal stromal tumor is a mesenchymal tumor of gastro-intestinal tract. This epithelioid type gastrointestinal stromal tumor seen in a 22-year-old male with epigastric pain as a presenting symptom had morphological resemblance to carcinoma ...
Sansar Babu Tiwari, Shovana Karki
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors [PDF]
Cancer Control, 2001 Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. A relationship to the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) has been proposed, and expression of CD117, the c-kit receptor present in ICCs, has been suggested as a marker for GISTs.The English literature has been reviewed with an emphasis on ...
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