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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2017

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): SEAP-SEOM consensus on pathologic and molecular diagnosis.

J Martin-Broto, V Martinez-Marín, C Serrano, N Hindi, J A López-Guerrero, M Bisculoa, R Ramos-Asensio, A Vallejo-Benítez, D Marcilla-Plaza, R González-Cámpora

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Article in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. ctDNA as a Molecular Biomarker in the Phase II Trial of Imatinib plus Binimetinib in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  7. Precision Oncology in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023
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  9. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Version 2.2022.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2022
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  13. Clinical Activity of Ripretinib in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Harboring HeterogeneousClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2021
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  17. Ripretinib for the treatment of advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

J Martin-BrotoInstituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBIS, Medical Oncology, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain. jmartin@mustbesevilla.org.
V Martinez-MarínMedical Oncology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
C SerranoSarcoma Translational Research Laboratory, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
N HindiInstituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBIS, Medical Oncology, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
J A López-GuerreroLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.
M Bisculoa
R Ramos-AsensioPathology Department, Son Espases University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
A Vallejo-BenítezPathology Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
D Marcilla-PlazaPathology Department, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
R González-CámporaPathology Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the digestive tract, with an incidence of 1.1 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year. A group of experts from the Spanish Society of Pathology and the Spanish Society of Oncology met to discuss a brief update on GISTs and agree on aspects relating to the pathological and molecular diagnosis of these tumors. GISTs are generally solitary, well-circumscribed lesions of variable size (<10 mm-35 cm) that may present with intra- or extra-luminal parietal growth or a mixed-type (hourglass) growth pattern. Histologically, they are unencapsulated neoplasms displaying expansive growth and spindle-shaped (70%), epithelioid (20%), or mixed cellularity (10%). Mitotic activity is generally moderate or low and should be evaluated only in areas with high cellularity or higher mitotic frequency. The great majority of GISTs harbour mutually exclusive activating mutations in genes coding for the type III receptor tyrosine kinases KIT and PDGFRA; less commonly, GISTs have also been reported to display mutations elsewhere, including BRAF and NF1 and SDH-complex genes. The method most widely used to detect KIT and PDGFRA mutations is amplification of the exons involved by polymerase chain reaction followed by direct sequencing (Sanger method) of these amplification products. Molecular analyses should always specify the type of analysis performed, the region or mutations evaluated, and the sensitivity of the detection method employed.

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Biomarkers, TumorGastrointestinal Stromal TumorsHumansBiomarkers, TumorConsensusGastrointestinal stromal tumorGISTMolecular diagnosisPathologic diagnosis

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