Laparoscopic management of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A retrospective 10-year single-center experience

Figure 1 Illustration of favorable locations and unfavorable locations. The hatched area shows favorable locations (also known as the easy-to-access area), and which includes tumors located on the greater curvature and anterior wall of the gastric body, fundus, and antrum. The unhatched area shows unfavorable locations (also known as the difficult-to-access area), and which includes tumors located in the lesser curvature of the body, fundus, and antrum, the cardia, or prepyloric region.