Research Article

Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Endoscopic Ultrasound for Pretreatment Pathological Diagnosis of Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

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Enrollment of patients included in the study. Total 47 patients had undergone surgical resection for gastric submucosal tumors at the Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital between April 2001 and March 2012 were retrospectively studied. The 23 patients pathologically diagnosed GIST after surgery were eligible.
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