TY - CHAP AU - Rahman G. Barry AU - Thao T. Wolbert AU - David A. Denning ED - Vincenzo Neri Y1 - 2018-02-26 PY - 2018 T1 - Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) N2 - In the recent years changes in gastrointestinal surgery have experienced great acceleration, based on a better understanding of the pathophysiology of the diseases, evolving technologies, and new therapies. In many areas of gastrointestinal surgery, new therapeutic and technical results have been accessible because of better connections with well-known pathological evolutions of diseases, more detailed diagnostic perspectives, and wide employment of mini-invasive and laparoscopic procedures. BT - Gastrointestinal Surgery SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.74290 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.74290 SN - 978-1-78923-605-7 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -