What is GIST? | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor | Dr. Anil Kamath | Surgical Oncologist in India

A cancer form called a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) starts in the digestive system. The stomach and small intestine are where GISTs most frequently develop. A GIST is a cell growth that is hypothesised to develop from a certain kind of nerve cell.
Dr. Anil Kamath
M.S. (General Surgery) (Master of Surgery)
MCh. (Surgical Oncology), DNB (Surgical Oncology)
Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist
I firmly believe in tailoring the treatment of my patients as per their needs without compromising on the outcomes. The needs of a young lady with breast cancer and no financial constraints is likely to be very different from the needs of an elderly lady coming from a remote village. To understand the needs of the patients we have to have a frank and open hearted discussion with them. I believe that advanced technology like robotic surgery should be used in appropriate cases because when it is used indiscreetly it can cause more harm than good.
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[@fleridakilmurray6960]

Is good information. But can you talk about the tumours that cannot be treated with tables like imatiniv etc. I have a GIST and i had it removed twice by surgery, i was told my gist did not react to tablets. My question is do gists keeps coming back or will they eventually go. And how many surgeries would i be able to have? Do i have to have surgeries the rest of my life? I was 45 when it was diagnosed and I'm 48 now. It only come to light when it was too big and was obstructing my bowls so i couldn't eat and i was vomiting and diarrea. My stomach hurt like hell if i eat, test were done and have had surgery and it was only found it was a GIST when sent for tests. Thank you for your time.

[@shivaleelagunjal381]

Thank you very much sir
By hearing your words ca patient will get faith for survival

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[@wasimjamali2380]

Very informative

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Is every gist cancer

[@Ahsan105]

No.

[@sakshishivani2915]

No