Clinical Challenges in Surgical Oncology: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
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🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Timothy Vreeland, MD, FACS (@vreelant) is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Surgical Oncologist at Brooke Army Medical Center
Daniel Nelson, DO, FACS (@usarmydoc24) is Surgical Oncologist and current HPB fellow at MD Anderson
Connor Chick, MD (@connor_chick) is a Surgical Oncology fellow at Ohio State University.
Lexy (Alexandra) Adams, MD, MPH (@lexyadams16) is a PGY-6 General Surgery resident at Brooke Army Medical Center
Beth (Elizabeth) Carpenter, MD (@elizcarpenter16) is a PGY-5 General Surgery resident at Brooke Army Medical Center
Learning Objectives:
In this episode, we review the basics of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), how to evaluate patients with presenting mass consistent with GIST, initial work-up, staging, and management. We discuss key concepts including the genetic background of these tumors and high-yield targeted therapies that are relevant both in direct patient care and board exams.
Reference:
Gold JS, Gönen M, Gutiérrez A, Broto JM, García-del-Muro X, Smyrk TC, Maki RG, Singer S, Brennan MF, Antonescu CR, Donohue JH, DeMatteo RP. Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram for recurrence-free survival after complete surgical resection of localised primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a retrospective analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2009 Nov;10(11):1045-52. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70242-6. Epub 2009 Sep 28. PMID: 19793678; PMCID: PMC3175638.
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| 0:57.9 | Hi everyone, we're so excited to be returning to the BTK team this upcoming two years. |
| 1:03.8 | While you may know us as your former HPV team, we're now transitioned to bring you exciting |
| 1:08.2 | surgical oncology topics. |
| 1:09.8 | We've all been overwhelmed into a board with complex patients, challenging operative |
| 1:14.0 | planning and nuanced treatment regimens. |
| 1:16.4 | Our goal with our episodes is to make these complicated topics approachable and clinically |
| 1:21.1 | relevant. |
| 1:22.1 | Additionally, we hope to highlight high yield topics for shelf exams, the app site and |
| 1:25.8 | the boards. |
| 1:26.8 | Let's get started with some introductions. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm Elizabeth Carpenter, one of the fourth-year General Surgery Residents at Brook Army |
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