Brief Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2011; 17(16): 2113-2119
Published online Apr 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i16.2113
Table 1 Demographic and genetic data of 23 Taiwanese gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients with imatinib failure or intolerance treated with sunitinib n (%)
Sunitinib (n = 23)
Age (median/range, yr)59.0/24-83
Gender (male:female)16:7
Location
Stomach8 (26.6)
Duodenum1 (12.5)
Jejunum5 (23.4)
Ileum5 (14.1)
Mesentery1 (18.8)
Rectum3 (4.7)
Tumor recurrence
Liver15
Peritoneum6
Local recurrence2
Genetic spectrum21 (84.4)
Exon 1112
Deletion mutation
Deletion and insertion mutation
Missense mutation
Exon 9 (insertion mutation)6
Exon 131
No mutation (wild type)1
PDGFRA (exon 18)1
Median duration of sunitinib use (mo)6