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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)

Sinziana DumitraViviana BazanLorena IncorvaiaGiuseppe BadalamentiAntonio RussoSergio RizzoAlessandro Gronchi

subject

stomatognathic diseasesPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyStromal cellbusiness.industrymedicineConventional chemotherapyNeoplasmGastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs)businessmedicine.diseaseneoplasmsdigestive system diseases

description

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are a group of tumors that, over the past 15 years, has emerged from a poorly understood neoplasm to a well-defined tumor entity. GISTs are highly resistant to conventional chemotherapy and, in the past, were typically managed surgically.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56051-5_59