Impact of neoadjuvant treatment on rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumorsopen access
- Authors
- Cheong, Chinock; Kang, Jeonghyun; Min, Byung Soh; Kim, Nam Kyu; Ahn, Joong Bae; Lee, Kang Young
- Issue Date
- Sep-2022
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Citation
- PLoS ONE, v.17, no.9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PLoS ONE
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 9
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2021.sw.kumedicine/62021
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0270887
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
1932-6203
- Abstract
- Although gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare disease and rectal GISTs is only 5% of total GISTs, they have the worst prognosis. Due to narrow pelvis, tumor rupture or positive resection margin are common in the management of rectal GISTs. The impact of neoadjuvant treatment on the clinical outcomes of rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) remains unclear. Thus, we conducted a retrospective study to investigate the impact of neoadjuvant imatinib on rectal GIST. The cohort comprised 33 patients; of them, 10 and 23 belonged to the neoadjuvant (i.e., those who underwent neoadjuvant imatinib treatment) and the control group (i.e., those who underwent surgery without prior imatinib treatment), respectively. Neoadjuvant group was associated with more common levator ani muscle displacement (P= 0.002), and showed significantly larger radiologic tumor size (P= 0.036) than the control group. The mean tumor size was significantly decreased after imatinib treatment (6.8 cm to 4.7cm, P= 0.006). There was no significant difference in resection margin involvement (P >0.999), and sphincter preservation rates (P= 0.627) between the two groups. No difference was observed with respect to morbidities, hospital stay, local recurrence and disease-free survival. Neoadjuvant imatinib treated group had similar propensity with control group after treatment. We thought reduced tumor sized could enhance resectability and provide more chance to preserve sphincter for rectal GIST patients. Considering large tumor size and higher rate of sphincter invasion in the neoadjuvant group, imatinib treatment could be helpful as a conversion strategy to make huge and low-lying rectal GIST operable and achieve better surgical outcomes.
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