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Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, GIST reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

The agreement broadens the reach of nearly 50 Open Access titles, contributing globally to over 5,000 articles

October 2, 2025 — Wolters Kluwer Health announced a new collaboration with AME Publishing Company, an Open Access publisher specializing in medical journals and books, headquartered in Hong Kong, China.

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) is among the list of COPE membership.

Update of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (Ongoing)

The series on “Update of Gastrointestinal stromal tumors” is edited by Dr. Uberto Fumagalli Romario and Dr. Elisabetta Pennacchioli from European Institute of Oncology (IRCCS), Milan, Italy.

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (Ongoing)

This special series on “Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors” is guest edited by Dr. Bernd Kasper from University of Heidelberg, Germany and Dr. Eva Wardelmann from University Hospital Münster, Germany.

Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor welcomes case reports which are supposed to report new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in the fields of medicine.

For completeness and transparency for published case reports, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor will apply the CARE guidelines (1) as reporting standards for case reports starting from October 14, 2019. For any submission of case report after the date:

Yong Li, MD

Department of General Surgery, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Dr. Li currently is the chief physician of Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Professor of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. He completed his undergraduate and medical school training at the University of Shandong and then he obtained his master degree and doctorate degree from Sun Yat-sen University and completed the training at the first affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. He has been a visiting scholar to visit the top hospitals in the world like Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic.

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Editorial Commentary

The role of endoscopic resection in the treatment of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Rachael S. Lowney, Andrew M. Blakely

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2025;

(30 October 2025)

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Editorial Commentary

Promise and pitfalls: evaluating deep learning-driven genotyping in GISTs

Tatsuo Kanda

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2025;

(30 September 2025)

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Editorial Commentary

Additive value of inflammatory markers in predicting outcomes in resectable gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients

Karolina Helbig, Piotr Rutkowski

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2025;

(30 September 2025)

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Editorial Commentary

RECKGIST is an appropriate relapse risk scoring system for gastrointestinal stromal tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis

Yu Kyung Cho, Donghoon Kang, Jae Myung Park

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2025;

(30 September 2025)

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Case Report

Ripretinib as second-line treatment for imatinib-resistant advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a case report

Junzhao You, Nengyi Hou, Song Yu, Jiang Gao, Wei Xie, Xingmei Yuan, Hongtao Tang, Shun Jiang, Minghui Pang

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2025;

(30 August 2025)

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Erratum

Erratum: Multiple recurrences and metastases in abdominal cavity following surgery for a ruptured giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report

Editorial Office

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2025;

(30 July 2025)

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Case Report

A rare presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) with melena and anemia: a case report

Subramaniam Bakeerathan, Nissanka Jayawardhana, Sivakumaran Gobinath

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2025;

(30 July 2025)

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Case Report: iMDT Corner

Multiple recurrences and metastases in abdominal cavity following surgery for a ruptured giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report

Yingxin Wu, Xinxi Yang, Pengsen Guo, Nicolò Fabbri, Pan Nie, Yanjun Liu

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Case Report

A case report of ripretinib combined with surgery in the treatment of a patient with multidrug-resistant cKIT exon 9 mutation in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor

You Hu, Xin Chen, Lu Xu, Hao Hu, Xiaojun Zhou

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Case Report: iMDT Corner

Ripretinib for the treatment of metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors harboring dual mutations in KIT exons 11+17: a case report

Yu-Kai Wu, Alessandro Mazzocca, Paolo Pizzini, Zhuo-Fei Li

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Review Article

Cytoreductive surgery for metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a narrative review of patient selection, objectives, and options

Thinzar M. Lwin, Mark Fairweather

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2024;

(30 October 2024)

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Review Article

Esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a literature review

Carlo Alberto De Pasqual, Selma Hetoja, Maria Clelia Gervasi, Giovanni de Manzoni

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2023;

(31 August 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

Could artificial intelligence replace fine-needle aspiration in endoscopic ultrasound?

Shirley X. Jiang, Nasim Parsa, Michael F. Byrne

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2023;

(15 May 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

The past, present, and future: the evolving role and challenges of surgery in the multimodal management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Russell G. Witt, Heather G. Lyu, Emily Z. Keung

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2023;

(15 May 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

Avapritinib—a therapeutic breakthrough for PDGFRA D842V mutated gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Evelyne Roets, Neeltje Steeghs

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2023;

(15 May 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

Ripretinib inhibits polyclonal drug-resistant KIT oncoproteins: the next step forward in gastrointestinal stromal tumor therapy

Maria Debiec-Rychter, Piotr Rutkowski

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2023;

(15 May 2023)

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Review Article

Rectal and esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors—how to deal with it?—technical approach and role of neoadjuvant treatment

José M. Asencio, Luis M. Jiménez, Miguel A. Steiner

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2023;

(30 April 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

Dawn of immunotherapy treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Scott M. Schuetze

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2023;

(30 April 2023)

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Editorial Commentary

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST): molecular heterogeneity and current challenges

Amitesh C. Roy, John R. Zalcberg

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2022;

(10 November 2022)

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Review Article

A narrative review of minimally invasive techniques for treatment of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Paolo Pizzini, Sara Coppola, Filippo Ascari, Michele Manara, Stefano De Pascale

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

2022;

(30 October 2022)

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Review Article

A narrative review of surgical management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Iwona Kalinowska, Marcin Zdzienicki, Jacek Skoczylas, Piotr Rutkowski

Published online: 30 September 2021

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Case Report

Treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor with liver metastasis by surgery combined with imatinib in a male patient: a case report

Wenjun Xiong, Haipeng Huang, Yuling Xue, Jin Li, Jin Wan, Wei Wang

Published online: 10 November 2020

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Review Article

New molecularly targeted drugs for gist after imatinib, sunitinib and regorafenib: a narrative review

Alessandro Mazzocca, Alessandro Minelli, Flavia Paternostro, Marianna Silletta, Andrea Napolitano, Bruno Vincenzi

Published online: 30 May 2022

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Original Article

Novel association between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in a multi-ethnic population

Jaclyn Kagihara, Brent Matsuda, Kraig L. Young, Xiufen Li, Xuegang Lao, Gautam A. Deshpande, Fumio Omata, Terrilea Burnett, Charles F. Lynch, Brenda Y. Hernandez, Scott K. Kuwada

Published online: 10 November 2020

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Editorial

A new promising quinazoline-derived Pan-KIT mutant inhibitor for the gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) management

Nathália C. Campanella, Viviane A. O. Silva, Rui Manuel Reis

Published online: 10 December 2018

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Editorial

Avapritinib: preclinical studies of a promising novel therapeutic option for gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Milena Urbini

Published online: 14 February 2019

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Editorial

The co-relation between gastrointestinal stromal tumors and renal cell carcinoma: is the largest retrospective analysis ever performed enough evidence?

George Mantese, João Antônio Vila Nova Asmar

Published online: 15 November 2018

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Review Article

A narrative review of imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Yujiro Hayashi, Vy Truong Thuy Nguyen

Published online: 30 October 2021

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Editorial

The search for a common denominator of gastrointestinal stromal tumors and renal cell carcinoma

Silke Cameron

Published online: 23 November 2018

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Review Article

Esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a literature review

Carlo Alberto De Pasqual, Selma Hetoja, Maria Clelia Gervasi, Giovanni de Manzoni

Published online: 31 August 2023

PDF Full Text (3027) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Case Report

Treatment of advanced gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma complicated with high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in an elderly male patient: a case report and literature review

Li Chen, Tao Chen

Published online: 16 January 2019

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Case Report

Jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST): a case report presenting as life threatening emergency

Melissa Kyriakos Saad, Imad El Hajj, Elias Saikaly

Published online: 20 November 2020

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Original Article

High proportion of wild-type gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a cohort of Chilean patients screened by KIT and PDGFRA exome profiling

Matías Muñoz-Medel, Miguel Córdova-Delgado, Ignacio N. Retamal, Fabián Villalobos, Rosemarie Mellado, Piga Fernández, Patricio Manque, Alejandro Berkovits, Juvenal A. Ríos, Benjamín García-Bloj, María Paz Rodríguez, Marcelo Garrido

Published online: 14 July 2022

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Review Article

Adjuvant therapy for primary GIST: is longer really better? A narrative review

Pamela W. Lu, Chandrajit P. Raut

Published online: 20 August 2021

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Foreword

The Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: the first systematic, comprehensive and professional journal for gastrointestinal stromal tumor

GIST Editorial Office

Published online: 23 August 2018

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Editorial Commentary

Advancing the promises of precision medicine for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Joaquina C. Baranda, Andrew K. Godwin

Published online: 04 December 2019

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Case Report

Dose escalation of ripretinib can lead to response in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients refractory to the standard dose: a report of two cases

Philippos Apolinario Costa, Caroline Kamal Abdelmessih Hana, Navin Chakravarthy Balaji, Anthony Frank Skryd, Brianna Nicole Valdes, Ramon O. Minjares, Priscila Barreto-Coelho, Andrea P. Espejo-Freire, Muhammad O. Hakim, Emily Jonczak, Ty Subhawong, Alan Livingstone, Jonathan C. Trent, Gina Z. D'Amato

Published online: 31 May 2021

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Images in Clinical Medicine

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor with a platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha mutation

Tatsuo Kanda, Takashi Ishikawa, Takahiro Taguchi

Published online: 18 January 2019

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Editorial Commentary

Advances in therapy of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Piotr Rutkowski, Maria Debiec-Rychter

Published online: 05 June 2022

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Case Report

Primary jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a patient with phakomatosis: a case report of an uncommon source of massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Ramon O. Minjares, Philippos A. Costa, Diego M. Montoya-Cerrillo, Luis E. Aguirre

Published online: 10 May 2022

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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor is an international, peer-reviewed and open-access journal which focuses on gastrointestinal stromal tumor research, encompassing basic research, epidemiology, imaging, biology, drug treatment, pathology, and technical advances related to GIST.