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Review
. 2011 Dec;104(8):928-32.
doi: 10.1002/jso.21868.

Special considerations in pediatric gastrointestinal tumors

Alberto S Pappo  1 , Katherine Janeway, Michael Laquaglia, Su Young Kim
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Review

Special considerations in pediatric gastrointestinal tumors

Alberto S Pappo et al. J Surg Oncol. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Pediatric gastrointestinal tumors are rare in children but are being increasingly recognized. These tumors have distinct biologic and clinical feature that are different from those observed in adults. This review highlights the biological and clinical characteristics of pediatric GIST and provides diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for the management these unique and challenging group of tumors.

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