Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Descriptive Study of 10 Cases

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) are the most common soft tissue tumors of the gastrointestinal system. Account for 0.1-0.3% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms [1,2]. GISTs originate from mesenchymal stem cells that are believed to differentiate toward intestinal cells of Cajal, a network of pacemaker cells that coordinate peristalsis in the gastrointestinal system