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The role of neoadjuvant imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients: 20 years of experience from a tertial referral center

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Abstract Surgery is the cornerstone of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) treatment, and adjuvant therapy with imatinib has improved survival for high‐risk tumors. The use of imatinib preoperatively has been increasing, but efficacy and impact on patient outcomes have not been formally investigated. This is a retrospective study from a single‐center cohort of patients diagnosed with GIST and treated with neoadjuvant imatinib at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden over a 20‐year period. Eighty‐four patients diagnosed with GIST and treated with neoadjuvant imatinib were identified and included. Tumors were located throughout the whole gastrointestinal tract but most frequently in the stomach (n?=?29; 35%) and the small intestine (n?=?30; 36%), followed by the rectum (n?=?12; 14%) and the gastroesophageal junction (n?=?10; 12%). The tumors were large (mean 10.5?cm) and decreased after treatment (mean 7.6?cm). Main indications for neoadjuvant imatinib were tumor size or anatomical location. None of the patients with stomach tumors and four patients with tumors near the gastroesophageal junction underwent gastrectomy. Three patients with tumors in the small intestine underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy, whereas seven patients with rectal tumors underwent rectal amputation. After surgery, 94% (n?=?79) of the tumors had R0‐resection. About one‐fourth experienced local relapse or distant metastasis. In conclusion, neoadjuvant imatinib can reduce tumor size and prevent high morbidity due to more extensive surgery, or at least reduce the extent of the surgery, especially for tumors in the stomach or small intestine.

GISTimatinibneoadjuvantsurgery

Sara Renberg、Yifan Zhang、Fredrik Karlsson、Robert Br?nstr?m、Jan ?hlen、Li Jalmsell、Christina Linder‐Stragliotto、Felix Haglund de Flon、Andri Papakonstantinou

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Department of Head, Neck, Lung and Skin Tumors,Karolinska University Hospital

Department of Pathology and Cancer diagnostics,Karolinska University Hospital

Department of Breast Cancer, Endocrine Tumors and Sarcoma,Karolinska University Hospital

Department of Oncology‐Pathology,Karolinska Institutet

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2022

10.1002/ijc.34052

International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

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ISSN：0020-7136
年,卷(期)：2022.151(6)
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