Gastrointestinal Bleeding Is an Independent Risk Factor for Poor Prognosis in GIST Patients

Table 2

Factors associated with gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

Parameter	Stromal tumors with bleeding
	Yes	No
Gender
Male	36	53	0.346
Female	27	54
Age (years)	58.71 ± 10.2	58.01 ± 10.8	0.874
Tumor site
Stomach	28	78	<0.001
Intestine	35	29
Tumor size (cm)
≥5 cm	51	35	<0.001
<5 cm	12	72
T stage
T2	13	72	<0.001
T3	31	28
T4	19	7
M stage
Yes	5	0	0.006
No	58	107
Mitotic index
≥5/50 HPF	23	36	0.590
<5/50 HPF	26	51
R0 excision
Yes	55	107	0.001
No	8	0
CD117
+	56	83	0.157
−	0	5
CD34
+	48	81	0.064
−	8	4
Dog1
+	49	81	0.651
−	1	4