Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Research and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kurokawa, Yukinori (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Komatsu, Yoshito (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Surgical oncology.; Gastroenterology .; Surgical Oncology.; Gastroenterology.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). GISTs represent the most common mesenchymal neoplasms arising within the gastrointestinal tract. The causative gene of this disease was originally discovered in Japan by Prof. Seichi Hirota in 1998...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Epidemiology
• 2 Histology
• 3 Genetics
• 4 Diagnostic imaging
• 5 Risk classification
• 6. Treatment guidelines
• 7 Surgery
• 8 First line treatment
• 9 Second and third line treatment
• 10 Adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment
• 11 New agents.