Safety, effectiveness and the optimal duration of preoperative imatinib in locally advanced gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A retrospective cohort study
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.
Authors
- Qiang Zhang
- Kuntang Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9600-6508)
- Xiaohan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4244-852X)
- Ping Shu
- Xiaodong Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0119-2334)
- Xiangfei Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9808-2707)
- Chao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8027-2222)
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Zhongshan Hospital (CN)
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Jiangsu Province Hospital (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70237
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.32
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China