OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prognostic factors of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). METHODS: Clinical data of 349 cases of GIST patients in our hospital between January 2006 and September 2011 were analyzed retrospectively and the prognostic factors were evaluated. RESULTS: 335 patients underwent R0 resection and 14 with palliative resection. With a follow-up of 288 (82.5%) patients (median: 33 months, range 3-72 months), 61 patients with progressed were observed and 33 of them died. Unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that tumor location (P = 0.003, OR = 1.412, 95% CI: 1.125-1.772), risk classification (P = 0.011, OR = 2.930, 95% CI: 1.278-6.716) and use of imatinib treatment (P = 0.009, OR =0.291, 95 CI: 0.115-0.734) were independent factors for post-operative recurrence or metastasis. Survival analysis of 128 patients between January 2006 and December 2008, Cox regression analysis demonstrated diameter (P = 0.034, OR = 2.328, 95% CI: 1.065-5.089), risk classification (P = 0.015, OR = 3.031, 95% CI: 1.236-7.428) and use of imatinib treatment (P = 0.011, OR = 0.259, 95% CI: 0.091-0.734) were independent prognosis factors. CONCLUSIONS: No specific clinical manifestation was observed for GIST. Tumor location, diameter, risk classification and imatinib treatment could influence on prognosis. Radical resection combined with imatinib treatment could improve the prognosis.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prognostic factors of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). METHODS: Clinical data of 349 cases of GIST patients in our hospital between January 2006 and September 2011 were analyzed retrospectively and the prognostic factors were evaluated. RESULTS: 335 patients underwent R0 resection and 14 with palliative resection. With a follow-up of 288 (82.5%) patients (median: 33 months, range 3-72 months), 61 patients with progressed were observed and 33 of them died. Unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that tumor location (P = 0.003, OR = 1.412, 95% CI: 1.125-1.772), risk classification (P = 0.011, OR = 2.930, 95% CI: 1.278-6.716) and use of imatinib treatment (P = 0.009, OR =0.291, 95 CI: 0.115-0.734) were independent factors for post-operative recurrence or metastasis. Survival analysis of 128 patients between January 2006 and December 2008, Cox regression analysis demonstrated diameter (P = 0.034, OR = 2.328, 95% CI: 1.065-5.089), risk classification (P = 0.015, OR = 3.031, 95% CI: 1.236-7.428) and use of imatinib treatment (P = 0.011, OR = 0.259, 95% CI: 0.091-0.734) were independent prognosis factors. CONCLUSIONS: No specific clinical manifestation was observed for GIST. Tumor location, diameter, risk classification and imatinib treatment could influence on prognosis. Radical resection combined with imatinib treatment could improve the prognosis.