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Gastric stromal tumors in children
Author(s) -
Haider N.,
Kader M.,
Mc Dermott M.,
Devaney D.,
Corbally M.T.,
Fitzgerald R.J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.10387
Subject(s) - gist , medicine , pathological , stromal cell , stromal tumor , disease , oncology , pathology
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in children are rare and their behavior has been regarded as difficult to predict on pathological criteria. We report our experience with two gastric GISTs in children aged 10 and 11 years. Both remain alive and free of disease at 5 years and 2 years respectively. Comparison of the pathological features in the resected specimens with a recently proposed guidelines for predicting outcome in this group of tumors is reported. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.