Clinical Significance of Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / 胃肠病学

Lymph node metastasis is rare in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Lymph node metastasis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors is related to many factors such as age, gender, pathological features and so on. The treatment and prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors are also controversial. This article reviewed the case reports of lymph node metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumors from 2003 to 2022, and summarized the related studies on lymph node metastasis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in recent years, so as to review the mechanism of lymph node metastasis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, its correlation with age, gender and pathological features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.