Clinicopathologic characteristics, diagnostic clues, and prognoses of patients with multiple sporadic gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a case series and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Yan-Ying Shen (Author), Xin-Li Ma (Author), Lin-Xi Yang (Author), Wen-Yi Zhao (Author), Lin Tu (Author), Chun Zhuang (Author), Bo Ni (Author), Qiang Liu (Author), Ming Wang (Author), Hui Cao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Most sporadic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) occur as solitary tumors, while multiple sporadic GISTs are extremely rare and often misdiagnosed as metastatic GISTs, leading to inappropriate treatment. This study aimed to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics...