Special considerations in pediatric gastrointestinal tumors. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • 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.

publication date

  • December 1, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 80855156613

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/jso.21868

PubMed ID

  • 22069178

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 104

issue

  • 8