title: Management of gastrointestinal stromal tumours of limited size: proposals from a French panel of physicians.
abstract: A number of guidelines on the management of gastro-intestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) have been published, mostly based on expert consensus. However, these guidelines have generally failed to address the specific problem of GISTs of limited size (i.e. those measuring a few centimetres in diameter) with which gastroenterologists are increasingly confronted. The aim of the present work was to draw up proposals for the diagnosis and treatment of GISTs measuring less than 5 cm in diameter. For this purpose, a number of practical questions were put to a panel of French experts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. bruno.landi@egp.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bouché
authors.forename: Rosine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guimbaud
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aparicio
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonvalot
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buecher
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Blay
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boustière
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Coindre
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Emile
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Cesne
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Monges
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Napoléon
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palazzo
authors.forename: Jean-Alain
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Chayvialle
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D032921:Consensus; D019160:Endosonography; D005602:France; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D057832:Watchful Waiting