Natural History and Therapeutic Prognosis of Small Gastric Stromal Tumors / 胃肠病学

ABSTRACT

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are commonly seen mesenchymal neoplasms originated from muscularis propria. Small GISTs are the GISTs with tumor size less than 2 cm. With the development of diagnostic technique, more and more small GISTs are found by endoscopy, and the treatment has gradually received much attention. This article reviewed the current status of research, natural history and therapeutic prognoses of small gastric GISTs.