Follow-up of the Natural Course of the Small EUS-suspected Gastric Gastointestinal Stromal Tumors

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tumor

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01084460

200812083R

Details and patient eligibility

About

Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) less than 2 cm are usually followed up conservatively. However, little is known about the natural course of small GISTs. The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical course of the small EUS-suspected gastric GISTs and to determine the size predicting subsequent progression with increased malignant potential.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• (1) a small tumor size, less than 3 cm;
• (2) patients declined surgical intervention at initial identification of the lesion;
• (3) at least two EUS follow-up procedures were recorded;
• (4) the EUS follow-up period was more than 24 months.

Exclusion criteria

• (1) a tumor size, larger than 3 cm;
• (2) less two EUS follow-up procedures were recorded;
• (3) the EUS follow-up period was less 24 months.

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

EUS-suspected gastric GISTs

Description:

In this retrospective study, 50 patients with EUS-suspected gastric GISTs, less than 3 cm were enrolled and had EUS follow-up at least two times over a period of more than 24 months.