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Table 2 Vital status and cause of death among patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors after another malignancy (AM-GISTs) and GISTs only (GISTs-1)

From: Long-term survival among patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors diagnosed after another malignancy: a SEER population-based study

 

All patients (n = 8511, %)

AM-GISTs (n = 851, %)

GISTs-1 (n = 7660, %)

p*

Vital Status

   

0.019

 Alive at last follow-up

5443 (71.1)

513 (60.3)

4930 (64.4)

 

 Dead

3068 (40.1)

338 (39.7)

2730 (35.6)

 

Cause of death

   

0.048

 First cancer

88 (2.9)

88 (26.0)

NA

 

 GISTs

2105 (68.6)

138 (40.8)

1967 (72.1)

 

 Cardiovascular/heart disease

307 (10.0)

38 (11.2)

269 (9.9)

 

 Other noncancer†

568 (18.5)

74 (21.9)

494 (18.1)

 
  1. GISTs gastrointestinal stromal tumors, NA not applicable
  2. *p value was calculated using the chi-square test
  3. †Mainly including cerebrovascular and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, nephrosis, and Alzheimers et al.