ABSTRACT
Background: We report, to our knowledge, one of the largest studies concerning gastrointestinal stromal tumors [GIST] in the Middle East. We also present a survival analysis of GIST in our 15-year real-life experience
Methods: We studied demographic, epidemiologic and survival characteristics of 70 patients with confirmed GIST in a cross-sectional study between 2000 and 2015
Results: The .median age of our patients was 62 +/-12.8 years [range, 25-84] with a male to female ratio of 1.7. The gastric and the small intestine GIST were the most frequent primary sites. The majority of our patients had localized disease at diagnosis [81.4%]. Metastasis m limited to the abdominal cavity and lymph node spreadinc occurred in 14.3%. After a median follow up of 838 dap [range 48-4309 days] with only two patients reporte dead, two and five-year overall survival rates were 98% and 95% respectively. Median overall survival was not reached
Conclusion: In the light of our results, molecular profili of Lebanese patients with GIST would be of interest t detect the particularities responsible for the increase! overall survival and lymph node spreading