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12528771

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are generally found in the stomach or small intestine and less commonly in the colon, rectum or an intra-abdominal site. The patients symptoms on presentation are most commonly gastrointestinal bleeding. Surgery remains the standard treatment for nonmetastatic GISTs, but rates of disease recurrence are significant--5% in primary disease and 90% in locally advanced disease. Five-year survival following surgical resection varies between 35% and 65% on the basis of several published studies. Clinical knowledge of the prognosis of patients with GISTs remains rather limited--small tumor size, low-grade mitotic index and stomach location are factors associated with a more favorable prognosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38 Suppl 5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S37-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumors and treatment of operable disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Turku, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review