Diagnosing gastrointestinal stromal tumors: The utility of fine‐needle aspiration cytology versus biopsy

Diagnosing gastrointestinal stromal tumors: The utility of fine‐needle aspiration cytology versus biopsy

Abstract Background Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are mesenchymal tumors in the intestinal tract originating from a precursor to the interstitial cells of Cajal, which plays a role in gastric motility. The preoperative diagnosis of GIST may be very important for the surgical approach or the...

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Main Authors: Yifan Zhang, Sara Renberg, Andri Papakonstantinou, Felix Haglund de Flon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-07-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
Subjects:
biopsy
cytology
diagnosis
GIST
mutation
sarcoma
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4630

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