The epidemiology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in Taiwan, 1998–2008: a nation-wide cancer registry-based study

Nai Jung Chiang,Li-Tzong Chen,Chia-Rung Tsai,Jeffrey S. Chang

The epidemiology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in Taiwan, 1998–2008: a nation-wide cancer registry-based study

2014

Nai Jung Chiang
Li-Tzong Chen
Chia-Rung Tsai
Jeffrey S. Chang

Background To investigate the incidence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in Taiwan and the impact of imatinib on the overall survival (OS) of GIST patients.

Keywords:

Cancer registry
Pathology
Young adult
Epidemiology
Stromal cell
Medicine
Imatinib
Surgical oncology
GiST
overall survival

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