title: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor and mitosis, pay attention.
abstract: The difference between stages I and III of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor depends principally on the number of mitosis. According with TNM classification, the presence in the tumor of high mitotic rate determines the upgrading. Many studies exposed different count techniques in evaluating the number of mitosis. An international standardized method to assess mitotic rate is needed.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coccolini
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catena
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ansaloni
authors.forename: Antonio Daniele
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pinna
mesh_terms: D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans