Prediction of morbidity following cytoreductive surgery for metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumour in patients on tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.

CONCLUSION: A gastrointestinal stromal tumour metastastectomy surgical complexity score can predict morbidity, which may help in preoperative risk stratification and optimal treatment planning. PMID: 29579329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29579329?dopt=Abstract

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - March 26, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Fairweather M, Cavnar MJ, Li GZ, Bertagnolli MM, DeMatteo RP, Raut CP Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research

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