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Clinico pathological features and outcomes of gist: A five year retrospective data from a tertiary cancer care centre in south India

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1Naveen Ravel, 2Teena Rajan, 3 Sathiyamoorthy P.N., 4Arun Ramanan, 5Chodavarapu Dheeraj, 6Meena K, 7 Pothala Vijayalakshm

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Background and aims: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms that arise in the gastrointestinal tract.They constitute about 0.1-3% of all GI tumours. Annual incidence is 1.2 per 105 individuals. Surgery remains the main stay of treatment. The use of adjuvant TKI Imatinib mesylate for 3 years reduce the frequency of disease recurrencefollowing complete resection.Five year survival for all stages combined is upto 83%.Here we present a five year retrospective data on the clinicopathological features and outcomes of GIST from a tertiary cancer care centre in south India.

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