TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor in North Africa and the middle east
T2 - updates in presentation and management from an 11-year retrospective cohort
AU - Farhat, Fadi
AU - Hussein, Marwa
AU - Sbaity, Eman
AU - Alsharm, Abdullah
AU - Rasul, Kakil
AU - Khairallah, Saad
AU - Assi, Tarek
AU - Allahverdi, Niloofar
AU - Othman, Ahmad
AU - Kattan, Joseph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Objectives: This study described the epidemiological, clinical, and survival profiles of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in North Africa and the Middle East (AfME). Methods: This regional, multicenter, observational, retrospective study collected 11-year data on demographics, medical history, disease characteristics, current treatment approaches of GIST, the safety of the most common tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), second cancers, and survival status. Results: Data of 201 eligible patients were analyzed: mean age was 56.9 ± 12.6 years; 111 (55.2%) patients were men, 21 (10.4%) patients had previous personal malignancy. The most common clinical presentation of GIST was dysphagia [92 (45.8%) patients]. The stomach was the most common primary site in 120 (60.7%) patients, 171 (85.1%) patients had localized disease at diagnosis. 198 (98.5%) GIST cases were CD117/CD34-positive. Imatinib was used in the neoadjuvant (18/21 patients), adjuvant (85/89 patients), and first-line metastatic treatment (28/33 patients) settings. The most common non-hematological toxicity associated with TKIs was vomiting in 32/85 (37.6%) patients. Overall, 100 (49.8%) patients (95%CI: 42.8–56.7%) were alive and disease-free while 30 (14.9%) patients were alive with active disease. Conclusion: Presentation of GIST in our AfME population is consistent with global reports, being more frequent in patients >50 years old and having the stomach as the most common primary site. Unlike what is usually reported, though, we did have more patients with lymphatic spread of the disease. Despite the global trend and advances in the treatment of GIST according to molecular profile, this is still far to happen in our population given the lack of access to molecular profiles and the high associated cost.
AB - Objectives: This study described the epidemiological, clinical, and survival profiles of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in North Africa and the Middle East (AfME). Methods: This regional, multicenter, observational, retrospective study collected 11-year data on demographics, medical history, disease characteristics, current treatment approaches of GIST, the safety of the most common tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), second cancers, and survival status. Results: Data of 201 eligible patients were analyzed: mean age was 56.9 ± 12.6 years; 111 (55.2%) patients were men, 21 (10.4%) patients had previous personal malignancy. The most common clinical presentation of GIST was dysphagia [92 (45.8%) patients]. The stomach was the most common primary site in 120 (60.7%) patients, 171 (85.1%) patients had localized disease at diagnosis. 198 (98.5%) GIST cases were CD117/CD34-positive. Imatinib was used in the neoadjuvant (18/21 patients), adjuvant (85/89 patients), and first-line metastatic treatment (28/33 patients) settings. The most common non-hematological toxicity associated with TKIs was vomiting in 32/85 (37.6%) patients. Overall, 100 (49.8%) patients (95%CI: 42.8–56.7%) were alive and disease-free while 30 (14.9%) patients were alive with active disease. Conclusion: Presentation of GIST in our AfME population is consistent with global reports, being more frequent in patients >50 years old and having the stomach as the most common primary site. Unlike what is usually reported, though, we did have more patients with lymphatic spread of the disease. Despite the global trend and advances in the treatment of GIST according to molecular profile, this is still far to happen in our population given the lack of access to molecular profiles and the high associated cost.
KW - Diagnosis
KW - epidemiology
KW - gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
KW - markers
KW - mutational analyses
KW - tyrosine kinase inhibitors
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U2 - 10.1080/21548331.2023.2277682
DO - 10.1080/21548331.2023.2277682
M3 - Article
C2 - 38112178
AN - SCOPUS:85180205924
SN - 2154-8331
VL - 51
SP - 275
EP - 287
JO - Hospital Practice
JF - Hospital Practice
IS - 5
ER -