Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (medical condition): Cancer that develops from stroma cells in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. The primary locations are the small intestine, esophagus and esophagus with symptoms being determined by the location, stage and size of the tumor.
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors:
»Introduction: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
»Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: [MIM*606764] benign or malignant tumor composed of unclassifiable spindle cells; immunohistochemically distinct from smooth muscle and Schwann cell tumors.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: GIST. A type of tumor that usually begins in cells in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. It can be benign or malignant.
Source: National Institute of Health
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: All tumors in the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT arising from mesenchymal cells (MESODERM) except those of smooth muscle cells (LEIOMYOMA) or Schwann cells (SCHWANNOMA).
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Gastrointestinal stromal tumor:
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, or a subtype of Gastrointestinal stromal tumor,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Gastrointestinal stromal tumor as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: Another name for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
»Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Some of the symptoms of Gastrointestinal stromal tumor incude:
See full list of 11 symptoms of Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors)
Source - NIH
Source - MeSH 2007
The following list attempts to classify Gastrointestinal stromal tumor into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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