[PDF] Top 20 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Experience from a Single Surgical Unit

... Although gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), overall they are rare neoplasms ranking a distant third in ... See full document

... A combined European/Australian study [2,12] has been started, in order to test the effectiveness of a new chemo- therapy regimen based on imatinib mesylate STI-571: a tyrosine kinase receptors inhibitor [6], highly ... See full document

... indications for long adjuvant therapy are patients who are expected to develop recurrence in the early period after surgery. We experienced 3 “ small ” GISTs less than 3 cm in diameter that were classified as high-risk ... See full document

... asymptomatic tumors are being picked up more ...article from our countries regarding GIST, so it becomes necessary to analyze our current management strategies and compared with published articles ... See full document

... Tumor sizes of GISTs vary in different studies. In the present study, the synchronous GISTs showed a mean size of 1.6 ± 0.4 cm, which was slightly larger than the results from previous investigations. In a study ... See full document

... perience from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) distin- guishes tumors of very low, low, intermediate, and high risk of recurrence or ...HPF. Tumors larger than 10 cm with high mitotic activity ... See full document

... Eventually, 13 (81.3%) primary and 6 (50%) recurrent/ metastatic patients experienced surgical procedure. R0 resection was acquired in 18 (94.7%) patients, and minor lesions in the liver could not be removed com- ... See full document

... gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in recent ...gastric stromal tumors between September 2002 and March 2012 were assigned to either an open surgery group (n = 99) or a ... See full document

... high-risk tumors and gastrectomies were per- formed by open technique in comparison with laparoscopic gastric ...laparoscopic surgical techniques for GISTs located at different locations within the stomach ... See full document

... Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are potentially malignant mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and typically arise from stomach or small intestine in ... See full document

... Abstract: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are relatively common mesenchymal ...originate from the wall of hollow viscera and may be found in any part of the digestive ...with ... See full document

... Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are uncommon tumours which have relatively recently been separated from conventional leiomyomas, leiomyoblastomas, and leiomyosarcomas, based on their ... See full document

... going from the first cancer diagnosis to the first date among the following: the date of second cancer diagnosis, the date of death or the date of last known vital status (31 December ... See full document

... “ gastrointestinal stromal mesenchymal tumor ” prior to 2000 were re-examined by IHCA to confirm the diagnosis of ...The tumors were categorized into very low, low, intermediate and high risk groups ... See full document

... of gastrointestinal function after ...earlier gastrointestinal recovery from LWR; all of which may also contribute to shortening the dur- ation of postoperative hospital ...different from many ... See full document

... While clinical and radiographic findings may be suggestive, the definitive diagnosis of GIST relies on tissue diagnosis. Histologically, GIST can have a variable appear- ance, but has been classified in the past as ... See full document

... Small GISTs often form solid sub-serosal, intramural, or less commonly polypoid intraluminal masses. A majority of larger GISTs form external, sometimes pedunculated masses attached to outer aspect of gut involving the ... See full document

... Tumor size and mitotic index are the best prognostic indicators for determining the malignant potential of GISTs [19]. In our present study, although all the gastric GISTs were less than 2 cm, the mitotic index of 14 ... See full document

... The main differential diagnosis for an exophytic lesion arising in the wall of the GI tract is a GIST, as it is the most common mesenchymal tumor located in GI tract [7, 31, 32]. Voltaggio et al. estimated that the ratio ... See full document

... Mild intratumoral hemorrhages might occur in approximately 5% of patients with bulky tumors thus increasing the tumor size. This might suggest disease progression warranting surgical intervention. This ... See full document