Outcome Following Surgical Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Gupta M, Sheppard B, Corless C, MacDonell K, Blanke C, Billingsley K. Outcome Following Surgical Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2006, 10: 1099-1105. PMID: 16966028, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsMultivisceral resectionStromal tumorsMetastatic diseaseSurgical resectionImatinib mesylateDuodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumorKIT-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumoursCox proportional hazards modelPercent of patientsComplete surgical resectionKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank analysisPresence of metastasesLimits of resectionProportional hazards modelMitotic indexHigh mitotic indexActuarial survivalPostoperative survivalIncomplete resectionSurgical therapyComplete resectionImproved survivalIndependent predictors