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Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology

The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor after Operative Treatment

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Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology 2009:2 25-27

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Published on 02 Oct 2009


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Abstract

The treatment for localized advance gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is far from ideal. Up to 50% of patient developed post-operative recurrence and died within 5 years. Recently, imatinib was found to significantly improve recurrence-free survival in post-operative patients. The role of adjuvant therapy in high risk GIST patients is discussed.



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