These tumors can pop up anywhere from the esophagus to the rectum but they’re most often found in the stomach or small intestine. Despite their rarity, GISTs matter because of their ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are relatively rare form of benign or malignant tumors which occur in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, especially in the stomach and small intestine.

Patients with small intestine GIST also were predisposed to worse outcomes from older age, male sex, poorly differentiated histology, and distant stage. However, those who had surgery did see a 50 ...

Preclinical data has showing compelling findings for HT-KIT among patients with rare and aggressive KIT-driven cancers, ...

“GIST begins in the stomach or small intestine. They can also arise from the other parts of the digestive tract,” said Dr Harish E, MBBS, MS, MCh, Consultant and Head of Department of surgical ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding in GIST patients significantly impacts recurrence-free and overall survival, with gastric bleeding linked to worse prognosis. Bleeding is less common in the small intestine, ...

When you have a GIST ostomy surgery, your surgeon creates a new opening in your body called a stoma. Your bowel movements pass from your digestive system (your large or small intestine ...

Absence of these cells induces a defect in postnatal growth and increases susceptibility to intestinal inflammatory diseases. These findings were published in the journal Cell Stem Cell on May 5 ...