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 Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Scoggins, Charles R. (Editor), Raut, Chandrajit P. (Editor), Mullen, John T. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Medicine.
Gastroenterology.
Surgery.
Surgical oncology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319426327
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-42632-7
Physical DescriptionXI, 243 p. 61 illus., 24 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of 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 Based on Specific Mutations, Second Line Therapy
  • Surgical Debulking of Metastatic GIST
  • Liver Resection/Ablation of Metastatic GIST
  • Palliative Care.

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