Jinqiu Ruan, Yinfu He, Qingwan Li, Zhaojuan Jiang, Shaoyou Liu, Jing Ai, Keyu Mao, Xingxiang Dong, Dafu Zhang, Guangjun Yang, Depei Gao, Zhenhui Li
BACKGROUND: Liver metastasis (LIM) is an important factor in the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and prognosis of patients with gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). There is no simple tool to assess the risk of LIM in patients with gastric GIST. Our aim was to develop and validate a nomogram to identify patients with gastric GIST at high risk of LIM. METHODS: Patient data diagnosed as having gastric GIST between 2010 and 2019 were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and randomly divided into training cohort and internal validation cohort in a 7:3 ratio...
February 20, 2024: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery