Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant imatinib therapy for patients with locally advanced rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A multi-center cohort study

• Main Authors: Weihao Li (Author), Xinyue Li (Author), Kun Yu (Author), Binyi Xiao (Author), Jianhong Peng (Author), Rongxin Zhang (Author), Lingfang Zhang (Author), Kun Wang (Author), Zhizhong Pan (Author), Cong Li (Author), Xiaojun Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Several issues on neoadjuvant imatinib therapy remain controversial despite its widespread application for rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). We aimed to describe the clinicopathological characteristics of this specific population, and compare the surgical and oncologic outco...