The Epidemiology of Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: An Analysis of 1,458 Cases from 1992 to 2000

Abstract

Malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors rare, but are more common in the older population, men, and Blacks. Risk factors for mortality include older age, Black race, advanced stage, and no surgical intervention.

A population-based study of colorectal cancer histology in the United States, 1998–2001

“…26 These 2 registries have the largest combined Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic population among all the SEER registries (62% for Hawaii and 54% for Los Angeles). 27 Our results also show that age is an important factor in CRC histology and confirm several previous reports of increased proportions of mucin-producing adenocarcinomas, [28][29][30][31][32] signet ring cell tumors, 6,32,33 and carcinoid tumors 20,34 in younger individuals.…”

Anorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: A Case Treated with Radical Surgery

“…4 Per rectal bleed and rectal pain is the commonest mode of presentation. However, large GIST in anal canal can present as urinary retention.…”

Tumor estromal gastrointestinal: análise de fatores relacionados ao prognóstico

“…O GIST ocorre em praticamente todo o tubo digestório, da metade distal do esôfago até a região ano-retal, com uma incidência estimada em 10 a 20 casos/milhão de habitantes 8 . Contudo, a localização mais freqüente é no estôma-go com cerca de 60% dos casos, seguido pelo intestino delgado (30%), cólon e reto (5%) e esôfago (5%) 9 . É possível ainda que o GIST se desenvolva fora do trato gastrointestinal, como por exemplo no mesentério, no omento ou no retroperitônio, embora de forma muito menos freqüente 10,11 .…”