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Table 3 Comparison of clinicopathological features between multiple sporadic GISTs and primary GISTs with only one lesion

From: Clinicopathologic characteristics, diagnostic clues, and prognoses of patients with multiple sporadic gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a case series and review of the literature

 

Multiple sporadic GISTs (58 tumors from 27 patients)

Primary GIST with one lesion (1066 tumors from 1066 patients)

p

Age (years)

≤60

14.8%, 4/27

48.8%, 520/1066

< 0.001

> 60

85.2%, 23/27

51.2%, 546/1066

Sex

Male

33.3%, 9/27

53.7%, 572/1066

0.037

Female

66.7%, 18/27

46.3%, 494/1066

location

Stomach

84.5%, 49/58

60.3%, 643/1066

< 0.001

Non-stomach

15.5%, 9/58

39.7%, 423/1066

Tumor size

≤2 cm

60.3%, 35/58

10.7%, 114/1066

< 0.001

2-5 cm

22.4%, 13/58

42.8%, 456/1066

5-10 cm

15.5%, 9/58

34.1%, 363/1066

> 10 cm

1.7%, 1/58

12.5%, 133/1066

Mitosis

≤5/50HPF

94.8%, 55/58

75.7%, 807/1066

0.002

6–10/50HPF

3.4%, 2/58

12.9%, 137/1066

> 10/50HPF

1.7%, 1/58

11.4%, 122/1066

Risk assessment (modified NIH)

VLR

60.3%, 35/58

9.4%, 100/1066

< 0.001

LR

20.7%, 12/58

38.2%, 407/1066

IR

10.3%, 6/58

17.5%, 187/1066

HR

8.6%, 5/58

34.9%, 372/1066

  1. Abbreviation: HPF high power field, VLR very low risk, LR low risk, IR intermediate risk, HR, high risk