Neoadjuvant imatinib treatment and laparoscopic anus-preserving surgery for a large gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectum

BACKGROUND: Resection of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the rectum can be difficult because of the particular location in the pelvis, and a large rectal GIST often requires abdominoperineal resection. Recent reports demonstrate that neoadjuvant imatinib treatment improves surgical outcom...

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Autores principales: Kyo, Kennoki, Azuma, Masaki, Okamoto, Kazuya, Nishiyama, Motohiro, Shimamura, Takahiro, Maema, Atsushi, Kanamaru, Hitoshi, Shirakawa, Motoaki, Nakamura, Toshio, Shinmura, Kazuya, Koda, Kenji, Yokoyama, Hidetaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-016-0837-1

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