Treatment and Prognoses in Patients With Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ≥10?cm: A Single-Institution Experience in China

摘要

Data on treatments and specific outcomes of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) ≥10 cm are limited. We here report the treatments and survival outcomes concerning a subgroup of primary giant GISTs. Data of 83 consecutive patients with primary GISTs ≥10 cm in a single institution were retrospectively collected. Fifty-eight patients underwent surgery before imatinib mesylate (IM) treatment (Group A), 10 underwent surgical resection following IM therapy (Group B), whereas 15 patients took IM as drug therapy alone (Group C). The baseline clinical characteristics were similar among the 3 groups. However, a lower proportion in Group A had metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis or surgery compared with Groups B and C (8.6% vs 40.0% vs 40.0%, P 10/50 high-power fields (HPF) showed worse PFS (HR 3.50; 95% CI 1.19–10.25; P = 0.022) and OS (HR 20.04; 95% CI 1.67–143.79; P = 0.018) than that of mitotic count ≤5/50 HPF. Clinical treatment patterns for primary giant GISTs are different, and the outcomes of different interventions vary. The optimal treatments for these subgroup of patients still require further long-term investigation. Moreover, mitotic count and adjuvant IM are closely associated with PFS and OS in giant GISTs.