Management of gastrointestinal stromal tumours of limited size: Proposals from a French panel of physicians

Landi, Bruno; Bouché, Olivier; Guimbaud, Rosine; Aparicio, Thomas; Berger, Anne; Bonvalot, Sylvie; Buecher, Bruno; Blay, Jean-Yves; Boustière, Christian; Coindre, Jean-Marie; Emile, Jean-François; Giovannini, Marc; Lecomte, Thierry; Le Cesne, Axel; Monges, Geneviève; Napoléon, Bertrand; Palazzo, Laurent; Chayvialle, Jean-Alain

doi:10.1016/j.dld.2011.04.008

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Volume 43, Issue 12 , Pages 935-939, December 2011

Management of gastrointestinal stromal tumours of limited size: Proposals from a French panel of physicians

Bruno Landi
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Corresponding author at: Service d’hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpital Européen Gorges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, F-75015 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 156 093555; fax: +33 156 093529.
Olivier Bouché
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
Rosine Guimbaud
- Department of Oncology, Centre Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France
Thomas Aparicio
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
Anne Berger
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Sylvie Bonvalot
- Department of Surgery, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Bruno Buecher
- Department of Digestive Oncology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Jean-Yves Blay
- Department of Medicine, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
Christian Boustière
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Saint Joseph, Marseille, France
Jean-Marie Coindre
- Department of Pathology, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
Jean-François Emile
- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne, France
Marc Giovannini
- Department of Digestive Oncology, Institut Paoli Calmette, Marseille, France
Thierry Lecomte
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Trousseau, Tours, France
Axel Le Cesne
- Department of Medicine, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Geneviève Monges
- Department of Pathology, Institut Paoli Calmette, Marseille, France
Bertrand Napoléon
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz, Lyon, France
Laurent Palazzo
- Department of Endoscopy, Clinique Turin, Paris, France
Jean-Alain Chayvialle
- Department of Gastroenterology Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Received 21 September 2010; accepted 12 April 2011. published online 30 May 2011.

Abstract

A number of guidelines on the management of gastro-intestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) have been published, mostly based on expert consensus. However, these guidelines have generally failed to address the specific problem of GISTs of limited size (i.e. those measuring a few centimetres in diameter) with which gastroenterologists are increasingly confronted. The aim of the present work was to draw up proposals for the diagnosis and treatment of GISTs measuring less than 5cm in diameter. For this purpose, a number of practical questions were put to a panel of French experts.