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Duodenal gastrointestinal stroma tumours: difficulties of an individualized risk assessment and controversies in surgical therapy

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany

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Comment on: Beham et al. Duodenal GIST: a single-center experience, International Journal of Colorectal Disease 2012.

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Vallböhmer, D., Knoefel, W.T. Duodenal gastrointestinal stroma tumours: difficulties of an individualized risk assessment and controversies in surgical therapy. Int J Colorectal Dis 27, 1129–1130 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-012-1453-3

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