Gastrointestinal stromal tumors and second primary malignancies: a retrospective monocentric analysis.

In conclusion, our study did not find any significant correlation between clinicopathological characteristics and the development of a second tumor in GIST patients. Further analyses and strict follow up protocols are needed in order to early diagnose and promptly treat a second primary tumor in the GIST population. PMID: 32657607 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neoplasma - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: research