GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR: OUTCOMES OF THE PAST DECADE IN A REFERENCE INSTITUTION IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL.
Eduardo Morais EverlingDaniele MarchetNatália Marchet DE-AntoniBruna Bley Mattar IsbertGustavo Vasconcelos AlvesTomaz de Jesus Maria Grezzana-FilhoPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2022)
Surgical treatment with adequate margins allows the best gain in survival, and the use of imatinib in more advanced cases has prognostic equity with less advanced-stage tumors. Treatment of metastatic tumors seems promising, requiring further studies.