Gastrointestinal tumors in transplantation: Two case reports and review of literature

Table 1 Characteristics of 16 transplanted patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors

	Overall number
Male sex, n (%)	16	11 (69)
Age (yr), median (min; max)	16	59.5 (23; 74)
Type of organ transplantation, n (%)	16
Kidney		12 (75)
Liver		4 (25)
Location of primitive tumor, n (%)	16
Stomach		9 (56)
Small bowel		3 (19)
Colon		1 (6)
Other: pelvis, perineum, mesentery		3 (19)
Time from transplantation to diagnosis (mo), median (min; max)	16	32 (5; 252)
Metastatic dissemination at diagnosis, n (%)	16	0 (0)
Tumor size (mm), median (min; max)	15	45 (10; 230)
Risk of progression according to Joensuu’s criteria, n (%)	14
Very low		2 (14)
Low		4 (29)
Intermediate		2 (14)
High		6 (43)
Surgical treatment, n (%)	16	15 (94)
Adjuvant treatment, n (%)	16	3 (19)
Modification of immunosuppression, n (%)	11	9 (82)
Death during follow-up, n (%)	14	4 (29)