Genetic aberrations of gastrointestinal
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Jilong Yang; Xiaoling Du; Alexander J. F. Lazar; Raphael Pollock; Kelly Hunt; Ke
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm in the gastrointestinal tract and is associated with mutations of the __KIT__ or __PDGFRA__ gene. In addition, other genetic events are believed to be involved in GIST tumorigenesis. Cytogenetic aberrations as