How do you approach an otherwise healthy patient with an incidental 1 mm GIST involving the serosal surface in terms of staging workup, EGD, and surveillance?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
We will need more information like location and mitoses per 50 HPF (or 5 mm). Please use the Sloan Kettering nomogram to determine the risk of relapse. Seems like a very low risk of relapse. NCCN recommends 6-month scans for the first 2 years and then once a year to finish 5 years. There is no need ...
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Medical Oncologist at Dignity Health Medical Group - Sierra Nevada The question referred to a very low grade 1 mm GIS...
Medical Oncologist at University Hospitals In that case, I would start with a full-body PET-C...
The question referred to a very low grade 1 mm GIS...
In that case, I would start with a full-body PET-C...