Gastric Stromal Tumors

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that have clinical and histologic features that vary depending on their location within the gastrointestinal tract. Prediction of clinical behavior in this group of tumors is notoriously difficult, and the same criteria for malignancy do not necessarily apply to stromal tumors from different sites within the gastrointestinal tract. Using known clinical behavior with long-term...