Research Article

Colonic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Population-Based Analysis of Incidence and Survival

Table 3

Therapy for colonic GISTs and other GISTs.

Colon (%)Other sites (%)

Surgery type0
No surgery50 (20.08)2117 (21.73)
Local excision11 (4.42)1144 (11.74)
Partial excision78 (31.32)4330 (44.45)
Total excision88 (35.34)532 (5.46)
En bloc14 (5.62)1324 (13.59)
Surgery NOS7 (2.81)205 (2.10)
Unknown1 (0.4)89 (0.91)
Chemotherapy0.013
Chemotherapy78 (31.33)3812 (39.13)
No chemotherapy171 (68.67)5929 (60.87)