title: Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) from the point of view of a general surgeon.
abstract: Authors present the current knowledge about pathology of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs), their symptoms and diagnostics. They present data about surgical and biological therapy of GISTs and relation between them based on literature. This work is supplemented with the own group of 16 patients with GISTs, treated on their surgical ward in years 2003-2008. General surgeon meets GISTs in unclear diagnosed tumours and when encountering their complications. Recurrent and metastatic tumours should be treated in centres (Tab. 6, Fig. 1, Ref. 24). Full Text in PDF www.elis.sk.
authors.affiliation: IVth Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and University Hostpital Bratislava. martin.hutan@ruzinov.fnspba.sk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hutan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hrusovsky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hutan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged