Neoadjuvant Imatinib in Locally Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST): The EORTC STBSG Experience
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Annals of Surgical Oncology, 20, 9, (2013), pp. 2937-43ISSN
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Surgery
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Annals of Surgical Oncology
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vol. 20
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iss. 9
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p. 2937
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p. 43
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ONCOL 2: Age-related aspects of cancer NCEBP 4: Quality of hospital and integrated care; ONCOL 3: Translational research; ONCOL 4: Quality of CareAbstract
BACKGROUND: Preoperative imatinib therapy of locally advanced GIST may facilitate resection and decrease morbidity of the procedure. METHODS: We have pooled databases from 10 EORTC STBSG sarcoma centers and analyzed disease-free survival (DFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) in 161 patients with locally advanced, nonmetastatic GISTs who received neoadjuvant imatinib. OS was calculated from start of imatinib therapy for locally advanced disease until death or last follow-up (FU) after resection of the GIST. DFS was calculated from date of resection to date of disease recurrence or last FU. Median FU time was 46 months. RESULTS: The primary tumor was located in the stomach (55 %), followed by rectum (20 %), duodenum (10 %), ileum/jejunum/other (11 %), and esophagus (3 %). The tumor resection after preoperative imatinib (median time on therapy, 40 weeks) was R0 in 83 %. Only two patients have demonstrated disease progression during neoadjuvant therapy. Five-year DSS/DFS rates were 95/65 %, respectively, median OS was 104 months, and median DFS was not reached. There were 56 % of patients who continued imatinib after resection. Thirty-seven GIST recurrences were diagnosed (only 5 local relapses). The most common mutations affected exon 11 KIT (65 %). Poorer DFS was related to primary tumor location in small bowel and lack of postoperative therapy with imatinib. CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis comprising the largest group of GIST patients treated with neoadjuvant imatinib in routine practice indicates excellent long-term results of combined therapy in locally advanced GISTs.
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