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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2012

Adjuvant treatment of GIST: patient selection and treatment strategies.

Heikki Joensuu

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Management of subepithelial esophageal tumors.Innovative surgical sciences · 2025
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  6. USP5 Promotes Ripretinib Resistance in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors by MDH2 Deubiquition.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  17. A multidisciplinary approach in the diagnostic challenge of GIST.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heikki JoensuuDepartment of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, POB 180, FIN-00029 Helsinki, Finland. heikki.joensuu@hus.fi
Helsinki University Hospital · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors that target the key molecular drivers of gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) are effective treatments of advanced-stage GIST. Yet, most of these patients succumb to the disease. Approximately 60% of patients with GIST are cured by surgery, and these individuals can be identified by risk stratification schemes based on tumour size, mitosis count and site, and assessment of rupture. Two large randomized trials have evaluated imatinib as adjuvant treatment for operable, KIT-positive GIST; adjuvant imatinib substantially improved time to recurrence. One of these trials reported that 3 years of adjuvant imatinib improves overall survival of patients who have a high estimated risk for recurrence of GIST compared with 1 year of imatinib. The optimal adjuvant strategy remains unknown and some patients might benefit from longer than 3 years of imatinib treatment. However, a strategy that involves GIST risk assessment following surgery using a validated scheme, administration of adjuvant imatinib for 3 years, patient monitoring during and after completion of imatinib to detect recurrence early, and reinstitution of imatinib if GIST recurs is a reasonable choice for care of patients with high-risk GIST.

Indexed as

Patient SelectionAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesChemotherapy, AdjuvantGastrointestinal Stromal TumorsHumansImatinib MesylatePiperazinesPyrimidinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesImatinib MesylatePiperazinesPyrimidines

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PMID22525709
OpenAlexW1966631138

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