Research Article
[Retracted] Might Patients with Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Benefit from Operative Management? A Population-Based Retrospective Study
Table 2
Characteristics of metastatic GIST patients stratified by surgical management.
| | Characteristic | No. (%) of patients | value | | Resection () | No resection () |
| | Age at diagnosis, y | | | 0.503 | | <40 | 59 (7.8) | 32 (6.6) | | | ≥40 | 697 (92.2) | 450 (93.4) | | | Gender | | | 0.014 | | Male | 417 (55.2) | 300 (62.2) | | | Female | 339 (44.8) | 182 (37.8) | | | Race | | | 0.073 | | White | 548 (72.5) | 323 (67.0) | | | Black | 115 (15.2) | 101 (21.0) | | | Other | 89 (11.8) | 57 (11.8) | | | Unknown | 4 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) | | | Marital status | | | 0.495 | | Married | 437 (57.8) | 269 (55.8) | | | Unmarried | 289 (38.2) | 198 (41.1) | | | Unknown | 30 (4.0) | 15 (3.1) | | | Tumor site | | | <0.001 | | Stomach | 304 (40.2) | 281 (58.3) | | | Small intestine | 330 (43.7) | 64 (13.3) | | | Other digestive organs | 75 (9.9) | 101 (21.0) | | | Non-digestive organs | 47 (6.2) | 36 (7.5) | | | Tumor size, cm | | | <0.001 | | <2 | 14 (1.9) | 27 (5.6) | | | 2-4.9 | 70 (9.3) | 72 (14.9) | | | 5-9.9 | 227 (30.0) | 137 (28.4) | | | ≥10 | 445 (58.9) | 246 (51.0) | | | Grade | | | <0.001 | | Poor differentiated or undifferentiated | 173 (22.9) | 48 (10.0) | | | Well or moderately differentiated | 120 (15.9) | 16 (3.3) | | | Unknown | 463 (61.2) | 418 (86.7) | | | Chemotherapy | | | <0.001 | | Yes | 509 (67.3) | 375 (77.8) | | | No/unknown | 247 (32.7) | 107 (22.2) | |
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