Perioperative and Oncological Outcome of Laparoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) of the Stomach

Table 3

Results of the follow-up of operated patients.

Patient	Sex	Age	Classification of aggressive behaviour^§	Follow-up (months)	Tumour recurrence, metastases or death at end of follow-up?
1	m	45	low	44	no
2	m	79	low	40	no
3	f	43	very low	18	no
4	f	56	very low	27	no
5	f	55	intermediate	23	no
6	m	59	low	14	no
7	f	74	low	9	no
8	m	45	low	6	no
9	f	72	intermediate	6	no
10	f	52	low	53	no
11	f	46	low	10	no
12	f	66	low	12	no
13	m	82	intermediate	46	no
14	m	62	very low	47	no
15	m	64	intermediate	18	no
16	f	67	very low	1	no
17^$	m	66	intermediate/high	5	no
median	n/a	59	n/a	18	n/a

n/a: not applicable; ^§see Table 1; ^$received preoperative imatinib treatment. Aggressive behaviour classified based on pre-treatment staging.