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Small EUS-suspected gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach: An overview for the current state of management.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Artificial intelligence-assisted endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Pooled it
- Gastric Calcifying Fibrous Tumor: An Easy Misdiagnosis as Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor-A Systemic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Pooled it
- Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography in predicting the malignancy potential of submucosal tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Pooled it
- Risk stratification for 1- to 2-cm gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: visual assessment of CT and EUS high-risk features versus CT radiomics analysis.European radiology · 2023Trial
- Development and validation of an intraoperative perforation prediction scoring system for endoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Endoscopic full-thickness resectionWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Primary Management of Localized Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors With Imatinib Monotherapy: An Alternative to Resection of Patients Precluded From Surgery.Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology · 2025Article
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- Efficacy of ultrasound endoscopy with artificial intelligence for the differential diagnosis of non-gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Natural History of Asymptomatic Esophageal Subepithelial Tumors of 30 mm or Less in Size.Journal of Korean medical science · 2022Article
- Transperineal core-needle biopsy of a rectal subepithelial lesion guided by endorectal ultrasound after contrast-enhanced ultrasound: A case report.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound with artificial intelligence for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.Journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Recent advances in the management of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.World journal of clinical cases · 2020Review
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- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration and Biopsy in Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Tumors.Clinical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Clinical evaluation of endoscopic resection for treatment of large gastric stromal tumors.World journal of clinical cases · 2019Article
- EUS-guided sampling with 25G biopsy needle as a rescue strategy for diagnosis of small subepithelial lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract.Endoscopy international open · 2018Article
- Role of endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic resection for the treatment of gastric schwannoma.Medicine · 2017Observational
- Subepithelial rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor - the use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration to establish a definitive cytological diagnosis: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2017Article
- Endoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal tumors found in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with the stomach being the most common site. They represent a distinct group of GI tumors originating from the interstitial cells of Cajal and are characterized by gain-of-function mutations of KIT. KIT oncoprotein serves as both diagnostic and therapeutic targets. Prognosis is related to size, mitotic activity, and site of the tumor. Asymptomatic, small endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-suspected GISTs are increasingly encountered with the wide availability of endoscopic/endosonographic examination. The majority of small GISTs are biologically indolent, albeit possibly harboring c-KIT gene mutations. An ongoing controversy exists regarding the management and surveillance policy for small gastric GISTs. A number of reports on the management of GISTs have been published, not confidently addressing the issue of gastric GISTs of small size. This work provides an overview on the current state of management considerations, specifically focusing on small EUS-suspected gastric GISTs, which are increasingly encountered by clinicians.
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