關於GIST

甚麼是GIST?

胃腸道基質瘤(Gastrointestinal stromal tumor),簡稱GIST,是一種在消化道肌肉層或漿膜層發展出來的肉瘤。

GIST

成因 - 基因變異

病徵

體積較小的GIST未必會引起不適。如果腫瘤體積較大,患者則可能會出現以下症狀:6

胃腸道出血

疲累

腹部腫塊

大便出血

腸胃不適

腸道阻塞

體重減輕

貧血

GIST的生長部位

根據美國一項追蹤1458位GIST患者的研究,歸納出以下不同身體部位的GIST病發比率。7

0 %
0 %
小腸
0 %
直腸
0 %
結腸
0 %
食道

資料來源:

1.香港肝癌及腸胃癌基金會. 胃腸道基質瘤病發率. hklcf.org/hepatitisb.php?id=15&pid=24 (accessed on 6 Apr 2022)

2. Eisenberg BL, Judson I. Ann Surg Oncol. 2004;11:465-75.

3. Chan KH, Chan CW, Chow WH, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2006;12:2223-8. 

4.活出新基. https://www.gistlock.com.hk (accessed on 6 Apr 2022)

5. American Cancer Society. Key Statistics About Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/gastrointestinal-carcinoid-tumor/about/key-statistics.html (accessed on 6 Apr 2022)

6. American Cancer Society. Signs and Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/gastrointestinal-carcinoid-tumor/detection-diagnosis-staging/signs-symptoms.html (accessed on 6 Apr 2022)

7. Tran T, Davila JA, El-Serag HB. The epidemiology of malignant gastrointestinalstromal tumors: an analysis of 1458 cases from 1992 to 2000. Am JGastroenterol 2005; 100: 162–16