Treatment of Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST): A Focus on Older Patients.

ABSTRACT: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) originating in the Cajal cells are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract. The median age of patients with this diagnosis is 65 years, and over 20% of cases affect people over the age of 70 years. The effectiveness and tolerability of systemic treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in older patients with GIST seem to be similar to that in younger patients, but some studies have shown that treatment of older patients is suboptimal. Disability, frailty, comorbidities, and concomitant medications may influence treatment decisions, and toxicities also more often lead to treatment discontinuation. The known safety profile and oral administration route of the tyrosine kinase inhibitors used in GIST may allow maximization of t

SUBMITTER: Dudzisz-Sledz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096750 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature