Therapy for Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Author, Year Patients TKI R0/R1 rate Recurrence/PFS Survival Predictors Raut (2006) [68] 23 SD/PR 32 localized progression 14 generalized progression All SD/PR: 78 % LP: 25 % GP: 7 %…
on Molecular Characterization and Targeted Therapies on GIST
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Charles R. Scoggins, Chandrajit P. Raut and John T. Mullen (eds.)Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors10.1007/978-3-319-42632-7_13 Advances on Molecular Characterization and Targeted Therapies on GIST Gabriel Tinoco1, Guozhi Hu1, Ana Paz-Mejía1 and Jonathan Trent1 (1) Department of…
Factors for Advanced GIST
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Charles R. Scoggins, Chandrajit P. Raut and John T. Mullen (eds.)Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors10.1007/978-3-319-42632-7_12 Prognostic Factors for Advanced GIST Christian F. Meyer1 (1) Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Johns Hopkins, 1650 Orleans…
Management of Small GIST
Fig. 1 Submucosal mass (1.5 cm) in the cardia viewed on retroflexion Fig. 2 Echoendosonographic image of a hypoechoic 1.5 cm submucosal mass lesion arising from the muscularis propria layer…
Imaging in Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedures
Fig. 4.1 Spectrum of morphologic changes in the cirrhotic liver. (a) Nodular liver contour and fissural widening, in this case the fissure for the ligamentum venosum (*). Ascites is also…
Surgery in Patients with Hepatic Cirrhosis: Management of Portal Hypertension
Fig. 7.1 The different routes to measure the portal pressure. Catheterization of one of the hepatic veins via the transjugular approach to measure the free and wedged hepatic venous pressure…
Non-transplant Management of Portal Hypertension in Children
Fig. 26.1 Hepatic vein measurements and gradients Diseases causing PH in children can be classified according to the aforementioned pressure-gradient table, which places patients into two principle groups – those…
Endocrine Surgery in Cirrhotic Patients
Sonographic risk Sonographic features Risk of malignancy (%) Size threshold for FNA High Hypoechoic solid or solid component with one or more of following findings: infiltrative margins, microlobular margins, MC,…
