Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of pan-trk IHC positive GIST.

From: NTRK2 expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumors with a special emphasis on the clinicopathological and prognostic impacts

 

Pan-trk IHC (−)

Pan-trk IHC (+)

P-value

n = 114

n = 25

Age

67.50 (41–88)

64.00 (33–80)

0.0609

Sex

0.6628

 Female

49

12

 

 Male

65

13

 

Primary site

< 0.0001

 Esophagus

3

0

 

 Stomach

103

0

 

 Duodenum

0

16

 

 Small intestine

7

9

 

 Vagina

1

0

 

Size (mm)

0.3738

≦ 20

13

6

 

 21–50

54

11

 

 51–100

39

6

 

 > 100

8

2

 

Mitotic figure

0.1895

≦ 5

86

23

 

 6–10

15

1

 

 > 10

13

1

 

Modified fletcher classification

0.6583

 Very low/low

60

15

 

 Intermediate/high

54

10

 

MIB-1 index (%)

0.432

 < 10

85

22

 

 10–29

20

2

 

≧ 30

9

1

 

Imatinib treatment

n = 26

n = 8

0.1456

Response

19

3

 

Non response

3

3

 

Unknown

4

2