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Special Considerations in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tumors

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JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 104, Issue 8, Pages 928-932

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21868

Keywords

pediatric; GIST; IGF1

Funding

  1. ALSAC (American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities)

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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. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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