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What percentage of submucosal lesions of the stomach are gastric cancer?
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Large SMT Ass.malig.: Gastric SMTs occur with an incidence of about 0.36% of routine upper GI-endoscopies , usually asymptomatic, most often discovered as accidental findings during surgery, autopsy or diagnostic procedures. Large submucosal tumors are more likely to be malignant and often have symptoms.Gastric carcinoma SMT is extremely rare, reportedly accounting for 0.1% to 0.63% of all resected gastric Carcinoma
Answered 3/1/2020
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