Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Institute of Oncology—Dr. “Luis Razetti” experience, Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e21512-e21512
Author(s):  
Luis Chirinos ◽  
Maria Belen Fuentes ◽  
Maria Angelina Perez ◽  
Gustavo Gotera ◽  
Jesus Felipe Parra ◽  
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e21512 Background: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors are a heterogeneous group of tumors with clinical features and specific genetic alterations, which represent 1-3% of all gastrointestinal cancers. Imatinib, is the standard treatment in advanced and localized disease, and has demonstrated benefit in overall survival, progression free survival and disease free survival. Methods: The primary end point was to evaluate overall survival in patients with locally advanced, metastatic and early stage GIST treated with Imatinib; secondary end points were to evaluate disease-free survival and progression free survival. We included 34 patients with GIST treated between January 2005 and December 2011. Results: The most affected gender was male (55.88%), the average age was 51-60 years (26.47%), and most had localized disease at diagnosis (73.52%), mainly in the stomach (52.94%). As for the primary treatment, 25 underwent surgery (73.5%), applying adjuvant Imatinib in 18 patients (75%).The OS and DFS was higher in patients with localized disease compared with age (p = 0.0001 respectively). Regarding the use of adjuvant Imatinib, it produced clinical benefit in DFS and OS of 50 and 60 months respectively, regardless of risk. In patients with advanced or metastatic disease Imatinib was associated with higher PFS (p = 0.055) and OS (p = 0.1120). Relapses occurred in 24% of patients regardless of risk and the use of Imatinib. Conclusions: In our study we concluded that radical surgery and the use of Imatinib in GIST patients produce important clinical benefits which translate into higher survival rates.

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putticha Keawmanee ◽  
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Wisit Kasetsermwiriya ◽  
Pakkapol Sukhvibul ◽  
Suphakarn Techapongsatorn ◽  
...  

Background: To evaluate the overall survival, disease free survival, clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) who were treated at Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital. Methods: A retrospective review data of 39 GISTs patients who underwent surgery at Vajira hospital from 2007 to 2011 was performed. The patient characteristics, overall survival, disease-free survival of patients and prognostic factors were evaluated. Results: The median age of patients was 60 years (22-90 years), 54% were female and the main presenting symptom was abdominal pain (33%). Stomach (62%) and small intestine (30%) were the most common locations of tumor respectively. Complete resections (R0) were performed in 31 patients (80% ). All patients (100%) were positive for CD117 and 84.6% for CD34. According to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology criteria, 56.4% of patients were characterized as a high risk. With a median follow-up time of 46 months (1-139 months). The overall survival and disease-free survival at 5 years were 84.6% and 66.7%, respectively. Two patients received Imatinib in neoadjuvant setting while 10 patients for disease control. Eight patients (20.5%) developed recurrences. R0 resection, mitotic figure and location of tumor were the significant prognostic factors. Conclusions: The overall survival and disease-free survival at 5 years were 84.6% and 66.7%, respectively. R0 resection, mitotic figure and location of tumor were the significant prognostic factors. Keywords: gastrointestinal stromal tumor; gists; prognostic factors; survival.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 10090-10090
Author(s):  
Sabha Ganai ◽  
Mitchell Posner ◽  
Vivek N. Prachand ◽  
John C. Alverdy ◽  
Eugene A. Choi ◽  
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10090 Background: Despite the recent introduction of imatinib and laparoendoscopic techniques to the management of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), outcomes remain uncertain in the setting of multivisceral involvement. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 73 consecutive patients who underwent resection of gastric GISTs from October 2002 through December 2011. Median follow-up was 22 months (interquartile range [IQR] 6-37). Results: Patients were 51% female, with a mean age of 65 ± 12 years and BMI of 30 ± 8 kg/m2. Patients undergoing multivisceral resection (n=14) had a longer interval from diagnosis to surgery (7.3 [IQR 1.9 – 15.0] vs. 1.3 [IQR 0.7-4.2] months, p<0.01), greater use of neoadjuvant imatinib (64% vs. 3%, p<0.0001), and greater preoperative tumor size (12 ± 8 vs. 4 ± 3 cm, p<0.0001) in comparison to gastric-only resections (n=59). Patients were less likely to be managed laparoscopically (7% vs. 71%, p<0.0001), had a longer operative time (310 ± 117 vs. 145 ± 62 min, p<0.0001), and were less likely to be R0 (71% vs. 98%, p<0.001). While patients undergoing multivisceral resection were more likely to have a pathological complete response to therapy (29% vs. 0, p<0.001), they were also more likely to have metastatic disease present (29% vs. 0, p<0.001). Hospital length of stay was greater (median 8 [IQR 6-9] vs. 3 [IQR 2-6] days, p<0.0001). There were no significant differences in grade or mitotic index between groups. There was greater use of adjuvant imatinib (64% vs. 25%, p<0.05). Overall survival was less in patients undergoing multivisceral resection (64% vs. 87% at 3 years, p<0.05), as was disease-free survival (52% vs. 71% at 3 years, p<0.05). Median overall and disease-free survival were 43 and 22 months after multivisceral resection for gastric GISTs. Controlling for tumor size, grade, resection status, and the use of neoadjuvant imatinib, multivisceral resection and use of adjuvant imatinib were both independent predictors of disease-free survival (p<0.05). Conclusions: Multivisceral involvement is associated with tumors of greater size and, despite an increased use of neoadjuvant imatinib, it is associated with poor outcome for patients with gastric GISTs.


2020 ◽  
pp. 000313482095148
Author(s):  
Miao Yu ◽  
Deng-chao Wang ◽  
Jian Wei ◽  
Yue-hua Lei ◽  
Zhao-jun Fu ◽  
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Background The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis comparing the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic versus open resection for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) larger than 5 cm. Method We searched the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Embase for relevant articles. Randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials were identified and included in this study. Searching for related articles on large GIST (>5 cm) for laparoscopic resection (laparoscopic group [LAPG]) and open resection (open group [OG]), RevMan 5.3 was used for data analysis, comparing 2 groups of operation time, intraoperative blood loss, complications, length of hospital stay, recurrence rate, disease-free survival, and overall survival. Results Seven studies including 440 patients were identified for the meta-analysis. Meta-analysis revealed that LAPG had less bleeding, shorter postoperative hospital stay, and a better 5-year disease-free survival. There was no significant difference between LAPG and OG in operation time, postoperative complications, recurrence rate, and overall survival. Conclusion Laparoscopic resection of large (>5 cm) GIST is safe and feasible and has the advantages of less intraoperative blood loss and fast postoperative recovery, with a good outcome in the recent oncology.


2019 ◽  
Vol 241 ◽  
pp. 170-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Sakin ◽  
Orcun Can ◽  
Serdar Arici ◽  
Nurgul Yasar ◽  
Caglayan Geredeli ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Hu ◽  
Jie Shen ◽  
RuiKe Liu ◽  
ZhiMei Feng ◽  
ChangNing Zhang ◽  
...  

Background: The pretreatment prognostic nutritional index has been considered a potential prognostic biomarker in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but this remains controversial. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to systematically assess the prognostic value of the prognostic nutritional index in patients with NSCLC. Methods: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CNKI. The hazard ratios (HRs) with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to evaluate the link between the prognostic nutritional index and the oncological outcomes of patients with NSCLC, including overall survival, disease-free survival/recurrence-free survival, and progression-free survival. Results: Fifteen studies were included in this meta-analysis. Twelve of these studies explored the association between the prognostic nutritional index and the overall survival of patients with NSCLC. Our pooled analysis indicated that a low prognostic nutritional index was significantly related to adverse overall survival (HR 1.61; 95% CI 1.44, 1.81; P < 0.001). Our results also showed that the prognostic nutritional index was a negative predictor for disease-free survival/recurrence-free survival, and progression-free survival in patients with NSCLC. Conclusion: Our meta-analysis demonstrated that there was a close association between the prognostic nutritional index value and prognosis in NSCLC patients and that the prognostic nutritional index may act as a useful prognostic biomarker in NSCLC patients.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 91-91
Author(s):  
Sabha Ganai ◽  
Mitchell Posner ◽  
Vivek N. Prachand ◽  
John C. Alverdy ◽  
Eugene A. Choi ◽  
...  

91 Background: Despite the recent introduction of imatinib and laparoendoscopic techniques to the management of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), outcomes remain uncertain in the setting of multivisceral involvement. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 69 consecutive patients who underwent resection of gastric GISTs from October 2002 through August 2011. Median follow-up was 19 months (interquartile range [IQR] 4-37). Results: Patients were 51% female, with a mean age of 65 ± 13 years and BMI of 30 ± 8 kg/m2. Patients undergoing multivisceral resection (n=13) had a longer interval from diagnosis to surgery (7.4 [IQR 1.9 – 15.0] vs. 1.3 [IQR 0.7-3.5] months, p<0.01), greater use of neoadjuvant imatinib (62% vs. 4%, p<0.001), and greater preoperative tumor size (12 ± 8 vs. 4 ± 3 cm, p<0.001) in comparison to gastric-only resections (n=56). Patients were less likely to be managed laparoscopically (8% vs. 71%, p<0.001), had a longer operative time (286 ± 92 vs. 152 ± 65 min, p<0.001), and were less likely to be R0 (69% vs. 98%, p<0.001). While patients undergoing multivisceral resection were more likely to have a pathological complete response to therapy (23% vs. 0, p<0.01), they were also more likely to have metastatic disease present (31% vs. 0, p<0.01). Hospital length of stay was greater (median 8 [IQR 7-9] vs. 3 [IQR 2-6] days, p<0.001). There were no significant differences in grade or mitotic index between groups, or in the use of adjuvant imatinib (54% vs. 23%). Overall survival was less in patients undergoing multivisceral resection (63% vs. 86% at 3 years, p<0.05), as was disease-free survival (52% vs. 71% at 3 years, p<0.05). Median disease-free survival was 50 and 66 months, respectively (p<0.01). Controlling for tumor size, grade, resection status, and the use of neoadjuvant imatinib, multivisceral resection was an independent predictor of disease-free survival (p<0.05). Conclusions: Multivisceral involvement is associated with tumors of greater size, and despite an increased use of neoadjuvant imatinib, it is associated with poor outcome for patients with gastric GISTs.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 224-224
Author(s):  
Abdel Karim Dip Borunda ◽  
Alejandro J. Silva

224 Background: Stromal tumors of the digestive tract are uncommon malignant diseases, and are subclassified as leiomyosarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) depending on the molecular expression of CD117 (KIT). GISTs represent 1% of malignant tumors affecting this anatomical site. Located diseases are reasonably well controlled by surgical resection and several criteria define the need for adjuvant therapy. In the case of metastatic disease a poor prognosis has been reported with systemic treatment based on chemotherapy. Recently, significant advances have been shown since Tyrosine – kinase inhibitors were introduced, with median overall survival close to 5 years. Unfortunately in Mexico, even though the therapy has been long used there are no published data of the experience in the treatment of these tumors. Methods: We used an electronic data base to obtain clinical, radiological and histological data of patients diagnosed with GIST and treated in the oncological center of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, patients were subclassified by stage, symptoms at diagnosis as well as the initial and subsequent systemic treatment. Finally we made an analysis for progression free survival and overall survival identifying prognostic factors. Results: We obtained information of 71 patients with metastatic, nonresectable or recurrent GIST, treated with a TKI, we observed a predominant relation for women (60.4%), with median age of 58 years. Stage at diagnosis was predominantly metastatic (46.5%) most frequently affected sites were lung, liver and retroperitoneum. Median progression free survival was 23.6m and overall survival was 81.3 months. All patients were initially treated with imatinib at a dose of 400mg per day. Treatment was well tolerated in most cases. Conclusions: Metastatic GIST evaluated in our center shows a different affection in gender and age, our population shows a different response to TKI’s, than reported in other series with superior overall survival, Poor prognosis is associated with lung affection. Biological studies will be started for the molecular evaluation of these tumors.


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