Research Article

Endoscopic Removal of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in the Stomach: A Single-Center Experience

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients and GISTs.

Age (years) () (range: 36-80)
Gender, (%)
 Male60 (44.7)
 Female74 (55.3)
Symptomatic, (%)110 (82.1)
Asymptomatic, (%)24 (17.9)
Tumor site, (%)
 Gastric fundus69 (51.5)
 Gastric corpus48 (35.8)
 Gastric antrum12 (9.0)
 Gastric cardia5 (3.7)
Tumor size, (%)
 ≤20 mm108 (80.6)
 >20 mm26 (19.4)
Origin (%)
 Superficial MP layer104 (77.6)
 Deeper MP layer30 (22.4)