Cytoreductive surgery for metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors followed by sunitinib compared to followed by imatinib-a multi-center cohort study.

Affiliation

Department of GI Oncology, Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research of the Ministry of Education, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

The progression-free survival (PFS) is not optimal when imatinib was recommended for treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) undergoing surgery after tumor local or multifocal progression.

Keywords

Cytoreductive surgery,Gastrointestinal stromal tumor,Sunitinib,Tumor progression,