BACKGROUND: This study wants to identify clinical and pathologic prognostic factors of resected gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). METHODS: Twenty-nine patients with c-Kit positive gastric GIST who underwent surgical resection at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA) between 1983 and 2004 were reviewed retrospectively. Prognostic significance of clinical and pathological variables was investigated. The endpoints were overall survival and disease free survival. RESULTS: Median follow-up was 35 months. Five-year estimate survival rate was 53%. Univariate analysis for overall survival identified size 13.5 cm (p=0.01) and recurrence (p=0.03) as prognostic factors. Size 13.5 cm and recurrence were independent factors (p=0.01 and p=0.03 respectively) in multivariate analysis. Univariate analysis for disease free survival identified size 13.5 cm (p=0.04) and grade (p=0.04) as prognostic factors but only size 13.5 cm was an independent factor in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION: Size 13.5 cm and recurrence were identified as independent prognostic factors for overall survival. Only size 13.5 cm was an independent prognostic factor for disease free survival.
Sarcoma; Stomach neoplasms; Prognosis; Survival
