Giant gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor with severe peritoneal dissemination controlled by imatinib therapy following debulking surgery: a case report

BACKGROUND: At the time of diagnosis, giant gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors are sometimes associated with severe peritoneal dissemination. Unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumors are considered a systemic disease; therefore, imatinib therapy is currently the primary treatment option in...

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Published in:J Med Case Rep
Main Authors: Fukuda, Shuichi, Fujiwara, Yoshinori, Wakasa, Tomoko, Kitani, Kotaro, Tsujie, Masanori, Yukawa, Masao, Ohta, Yoshio, Inoue, Masatoshi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5294839/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28166823
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1215-5
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