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Copyright ©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2008; 14(12): 1891-1897
Published online Mar 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1891
Table 1 Primer sequences used for KIT and PDGFRA PCR
Kit exon 9F tttggaaagctagtggttcaKit exon 9R atggtagacagagcctaaac
Kit exon11F ctatttttccctttctccccKit exon11R tacccaaaaaggtgacatgg
Kit exon 13F cttgacatcagtttgccagKit exon 13R aaaggcagcttggacacggcttta
Kit exon 17F tttctcctccaacctaatagKit exon 17R cctttgcaggactgtcaagc
PDGFRA exon 12aF ccagttacctgtcctggtcatPDGFRA exon 12aR tggaaactcccatcttgagtc
PDGFRA exon 12bF aaattcgctggagggtcattPDGFRA exon 12bR ggaggttaccccatggaagt
PDGFR exon 18F agtgtgtccaccgtgatctgPDGFRA exon 18R gtgtgggaagtgtggaggta
Table 2 Clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of GIST patients
Case No.SexAgeSiteSize (cm)Mitoses (/50 HPF)DifferentiationCD117DiagnosisKIT mutationsPDGFRA mutations
1F72LI96SPNMalignant potentialwtwt
2M65SI2.810M1PMalignant potentialp.A502-Y503insAwt
3M79S169EPPMalignant potentialp.K558>NPwt
4F60SI173EPPMalignant potentialp.K558>NPwt
5F59SI52SPPLow malignant potentialp.W557-K558delwt
6M72SI7.82SPPMalignant potentialp.W557-K558delwt
7M82S5.55SPPVery low malignant potentialp.D579delwt
8M52SI43SPPLow malignant potentialp.V559Awt
9F63S87SPPMalignant potentialp.V559Awt
10F70SI61M1PMalignant potentialp.W557-K558delwt
11F60S94M1PVery low malignant potentialwtp.D842V
12M61S132M2PLow-moderate malignant potentialwtp.I 843-D846del
13M64S93SPPVery low malignant potentialwtwt
14F70S1.51SPPBenignp.P551-Q556delwt
15M66S1020SPPMalignant potentialwtwt
16M60SI124SPPMalignant potentialp.Y503-F504insAYwt
17F62SI3.51SPPLow malignant potentialpV560Dwt
18M56SI41SPPLow malignant potentialp.K550-E554delwt
19F67S1922M1PMalignant potentialp.K550-K558delwt
20F46S1910EPPMalignant potentialwtwt
21F61S3.53SPPVery low malignant potentialwtwt
22M57LI85SPPMalignant potentialpV560Dwt
23M58S0.70SPPBenignp.V559-G565delwt
24M60S7.53M2PVery low malignant potentialwtwt
25M67S81M2PVery low malignant potentialwtwt
26M72S5.51SPPVery low malignant potentialp.Y503-F504insAYwt
27F70LI179SPPMalignant potentialp.W557-K558delwt
28M61LI2.66SPPMalignant potentialp.P551-K558delwt
29F53S50SPNVery low malignant potentialwtwt
30F57LI2.50SPPLow malignant potentialwtwt
Table 3 Clinicopathological data of GIST patients according to the presence of codon 557/558 deletion/insertion mutations
VariableWt (%)557/558 mutations (%)Non 557/558 mutations (%)P
Age (yr)61.767.262.5NS
Size (cm)8.211.34.40.025
Mitoses
Low ( ≤ 5/50 HPF)71.45087.5NS
Intermediate21.437.512.5
5-10/50 HPF
High (> 10/50 HPF)7.112.5
Differentiation
Epithelioid7.125NS
Spindle cell57.150100
Mixed type 114.325
Mixed type 221.4
Risk assessment
Benign250.003
Very low malignant potential57.112.5
Low malignant potential7.112.537.5
Low moderate malignant potential14.3
Malignant potential21.487.525
Table 4 GIST phenotypes according to the presence and type of KIT mutations
Differentiation
Epithelioid (%)Spindle cells (%)Mixed type 1 (%)Mixed type 2 (%)P
KIT mutation
Positive10.573.315.8NS
Negative9.154.59.127.3
Exon 966.733.3NS
Exon 1112.57512.5
Insertions1000.03
Deletions80.020.0
Substitutions100
Table 5 Risk assessment according to the KIT/PDGFRA mutations
Risk assessment
Benign (%)Very low malignant potential (%)Low malignant potential (%)Low moderate malignant potential (%)Malignant (%)P
KIT mutation
Positive10.510.521.157.90.003
Negative63.69.118.29.1
Exon 933.366.70.036
Exon 1112.56.32556.3
PDGFRA mutation
PositiveNS
Negative5050