Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum
Zhu R, Liu F, Grisotti G, Pérez-Irizarry J, Cha CH, Johnson CH, Boffa DJ, Han D, Johung KL, Zhang Y, Khan SA. Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2018, 9: 231-240. PMID: 29755761, PMCID: PMC5934147, DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2017.11.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRectal gastrointestinal stromal tumorGastric gastrointestinal stromal tumorsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsNational Cancer Data BaseAdjuvant therapyOverall survivalSystemic therapyStromal tumorsCases of GISTColonic gastrointestinal stromal tumorsSmall bowel originAdjuvant systemic therapyWorse overall survivalUnique clinicopathologic featuresBowel originTherapy prolongsClinical characteristicsPatient demographicsLocal excisionPrognostic factorsPropensity matchingSurgical treatmentTreatment guidelinesClinicopathologic featuresClinical care