The prognosis of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors is significantly impacted by gastrointestinal bleeding.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare mesenchymal tumors and were among the first solid tumor types for which such a novel treatment (in this case imatinib) became available. The ...

Researchers have discovered that stomach cancers make electrical connections with nearby sensory nerves and use these ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent a rare tumor entity that occurs in the muscular layer of the digestive tract. These tumors commonly metastasize to the liver and peritoneum ...

Gastric cancer, commonly known as stomach cancer ... potentially eradicating the need for aggressive therapies. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GISTs) GIST is a rare tumour that arises in ...

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines recommend life-long systemic tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) ...

Researchers have found that a cancer outside the brain makes electrical connections with the nervous system to fuel cancer growth and aid its spread.

Patients with non-metastatic GIST treated with neoadjuvant TKIs prior to surgery experienced a benefit which led to less ...

Other, less common, types of stomach cancer are: Gastro-intestinal stromal tumours (GISTs), which develop in the stomach wall Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), which start in the stomach’s hormone ...