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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors : Bench to Bedside /

This textbook provides a comprehensive, state of the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in GIST. The book reviews new data about risk factors for the disease, profiles the new staging system for GIST, highlights o...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Scoggins, Charles R; Raut, Chandrajit P; Mullen, John T
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Medicine
Gastroenterology
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Medicine & Public Health
General Surgery
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42632-7
Summary: This textbook provides a comprehensive, state of the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in GIST. The book reviews new data about risk factors for the disease, profiles the new staging system for GIST, highlights our current understanding of genetic mutations that lead to GIST, and provides new perspectives about imaging of GIST tumors. For localized disease, a greater appreciation of organ-sparing approaches and the importance of preservation of gastrointestinal function is discussed in detail, and advance
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xi,243pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319426327
Index Number: RD651
CLC: R735
Contents: Etiology/Epidemiology -- Pathology -- Molecular Genetics of GIST -- Pediatric GIST/Inheritable Disease -- Natural History -- Radiographic Imaging -- Endoscopic Evaluation -- Prognostic Factors for Localized Disease -- Management of Localized GIST: Non-Surgical Approaches-Surveillance and Endoscopic Resection -- Surgery for Localized GIST -- Minimally Invasive Surgery for GIST -- Neoadjuvant Rx and Surgical Consolidation -- Imatinib -- Management of Locally Advanced GIST -- Prognostic Factors for Advanced GIST -- Concepts of Targeted Therapy Management, Dose Escalation, Tailoring Therapy Base

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