Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

1. History of GIST
Christina L. Roland, Barry W. Feig

2. Epidemiology of GIST
Taylor M. Coe, Jason K. Sicklick

3. Surgical Pathology of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Correlation with Clinical and Molecular Subtypes
Odise Cenaj, Vickie Y. Jo, Leona A. Doyle

4. Inherited GIST
Katherine A. Janeway

Part I. Localized Disease

5. Natural History and Prognosis of Localized Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in the Pre- and Post-imatinib Eras
Zhi Ven Fong, John T. Mullen

6. Imaging and Response Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Sooyoung Shin, Haesun Choi

7. Endoscopic Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Osman Yuksel, William R. Brugge

8. Endoscopic Management of Small GIST
Kavitha M. Nair, Field F. Willingham

9. Operative Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Jack W. Rostas, Prejesh Philips

10. Minimally Invasive Approaches to Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)
Tiffany C. Cox, Vedra A. Augenstein, Sam Schell, B. Todd Heniford

11. Neoadjuvant Therapy and Surgical Consolidation for Localized Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
W. W. Tseng, S. Chopra, E. Jung, B. L. Eisenberg

Part II. Advanced Disease

12. Prognostic Factors for Advanced GIST
Christian F. Meyer

13. Advances on Molecular Characterization and Targeted Therapies on GIST
Gabriel Tinoco, Guozhi Hu, Ana Paz-Mejía, Jonathan Trent

14. Multimodality Therapy for Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
David A. Mahvi, Emily Z. Keung, Chandrajit P. Raut

15. Management of Liver Metastases of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Andrew D. Morris, Shishir K. Maithel, David A. Kooby

16. Surgical Palliation
Brittany A. Potz, Thomas J. Miner

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgical Oncology, General Surgery, Gastroenterology