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Special considerations in pediatric gastrointestinal tumors

✍ Scribed by Alberto S. Pappo; Katherine Janeway; Michael LaQuaglia; Su Young Kim

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 138 KB
Volume: 104
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-4790
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21868

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Abstract

Pediatric gastrointestinal tumors are rare in children but are being increasingly recognized. These tumors have distinct biologic and clinical feature that are different from those observed in adults. This review highlights the biological and clinical characteristics of pediatric GIST and provides diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for the management these unique and challenging group of tumors. J. Surg. Oncol. 2011; 104:928–932. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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