RECKGIST score may predict recurrence in neurofibromatosis type 1 GISTs, potentially guiding treatment decisions, according ...

Treatment with pimitespib was associated with stable disease in two-thirds of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare mesenchymal tumors and were among the first solid tumor types for which such a novel treatment (in this case imatinib) became available. The ...

Multivariate analysis by Cox proportional hazards regression (Forward LR) model indicated that tumor size, mitotic rate, and risk grade were independent risk factors to OS for GISTs, and that ...

A new study highlights the role of inflammatory biomarkers, mitotic index, and imatinib adherence in predicting survival ...

Germ cells and sex cord stromal cells form when a fetus (baby) is developing. A fetus is made from a sperm cell and an egg cell. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are also known as germ cell cancer. Germ cells ...