title: [Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: diagnosis and treatment. Our experience].
abstract: The incidence of GIST is estimated to be 1,5/100.000 per year; nevertheless they represent the most common mesenchimal tumours of gastrointestinal tract. Endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography and CT are the most used diagnostic tools. Complete surgical resection of localized GIST is the gold standard therapy, with possibility of laparoscopic approch in selected cases. Imatinib represents the recommended treatment of recurrent or metastatic disease. Diameter, mitotic count and surgical margins appear to be the main prognostic factors. In this paper we present ten cases of gastric or intestinal GIST and surgically treated.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Catania, Ospedale, V Emmanuele, Catania.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanghì
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Dio
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: D'Agati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benfatto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Basile
mesh_terms: D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate