Effective Downsizing of a Large Oesophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour with Neoadjuvant Imatinib Enabling an Uncomplicated and without Tumour Rupture Laparoscopic-Assisted Ivor-Lewis Oesophagectomy

Neoadjuvant imatinib for gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) is increasingly used nowadays. As oesophagectomy is associated with high morbidity and mortality, a preoperative downsizing of an oesophageal GIST to limit the extent of resection would be ideal. Because these tumours are rare and neo...

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Autores principales: Neofytou, Kyriakos, Costa Neves, Mafalda, Giakoustidis, Alexandros, Benson, Charlotte, Mudan, Satvinder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26075122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/165736

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26075122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/165736

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