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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention

Learn about the risk factors for gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Risk Factors

A risk factor is anything that affects your chance of getting a?disease such as cancer. Learn more about the risk factors for?gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Prevention

The only known risk factors for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) ? older age and certain rare, inherited genetic syndromes – cannot be changed. There are no known?lifestyle-related or environmental causes of GISTs, so at this time we do not know of any way to protect against these cancers.

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