Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Intramural Leiomyomas, and Leiomyosarcomas in the Duodenum: A Clinicopathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Genetic Study of 167 Cases

In this study we analyzed the clinicopathologic features of duodenal smooth muscle or stromal tumors, including 156 GISTs, 6 leiomyomas (LMs), and 5 leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) from the files of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the Haartman Institute of the University of Helsinki. GISTs were d...

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Published in:	The American journal of surgical pathology Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 625 - 641
Main Authors:	Miettinen, Markku, Kopczynski, Janusz, Makhlouf, Hala R, Sarlomo-Rikala, Maarit, Gyorffy, Hajnalka, Burke, Allen, Sobin, Leslie H, Lasota, Jerzy
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hagerstown, MD Copyright Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01-05-2003 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Biomarkers, Tumor - analysis Child DNA Mutational Analysis DNA, Neoplasm - analysis Duodenal Neoplasms - chemistry Duodenal Neoplasms - genetics Duodenal Neoplasms - mortality Duodenal Neoplasms - pathology Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Immunoenzyme Techniques Leiomyoma - chemistry Leiomyoma - genetics Leiomyoma - mortality Leiomyoma - pathology Leiomyosarcoma - chemistry Leiomyosarcoma - genetics Leiomyosarcoma - mortality Leiomyosarcoma - pathology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neoplasm Proteins - analysis Polymerase Chain Reaction Prognosis Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit - genetics Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit - metabolism Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus Stromal Cells - chemistry Stromal Cells - pathology Survival Rate Tumors Immunohistochemistry Leiomyoma Prognosis Duodenal disease Sex Smooth muscle GIST-Immunohistochemistry-Pathology- KIT-Genetics-Leiomyoma-Leiomyosarcoma- Duodenum Histopathology Intestinal disease Benign neoplasm Age Gastric disease Human Stomach Duodenum Mortality Gut Clinical form Malignant tumor Pathology Gastrointestinal diseases Risk factor Leiomyosarcoma Digestive diseases Molecular biology
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