Safety, effectiveness and the optimal duration of preoperative imatinib in locally advanced gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A retrospective cohort study.

Xiangfei SunXiaohan LinQiang ZhangChao LiPing ShuXiaodong GaoKuntang Shen

Published in: Cancer medicine (2024)

The study suggests that in patients with locally advanced gastric GIST, preoperative short-term (≤8 months) use of IM is associated with higher RFS than long-term use.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
rectal cancer
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
squamous cell carcinoma
patients undergoing
radiation therapy
phase ii study
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
study protocol
open label