Table 1.
Demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of US patients with a GIST diagnosis between 2000 and 2017.
| Characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
| N= | % | |
| Total | 2374 | 100.00 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 1179 | 49.66 |
| Male | 1195 | 50.34 |
| Age at diagnosis, y.o. | ||
| 0–39 | 108 | 4.55 |
| 40–59 | 736 | 31.00 |
| 60–79 | 1267 | 53.37 |
| 80+ | 263 | 11.08 |
| Race | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1334 | 56.19 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 466 | 19.63 |
| Hispanic | 279 | 11.75 |
| Other | 295 | 12.43 |
| Cancer site | ||
| Colon | 40 | 1.68 |
| Esophagus | 10 | 0.42 |
| Stomach | 1560 | 65.71 |
| Rectum | 39 | 1.64 |
| Small intestine | 706 | 29.74 |
| Other | 19 | 0.80 |
| Tumor stage | ||
| Localized | 1910 | 80.45 |
| Regional via direct extension only | 204 | 8.59 |
| Regional lymph nodes involved only | 22 | 0.93 |
| Regional via both direct extension and lymph node involvement | 13 | 0.55 |
| Distant | 224 | 9.44 |
| Living area | ||
| Counties in metropolitan areas of 1 million persons | 1390 | 58.55 |
| Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 1 million persons | 592 | 24.94 |
| Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 persons | 134 | 5.64 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties adjacent to a metropolitan area | 163 | 6.87 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties not adjacent to a metropolitan area | 95 | 4.00 |
| Income per year | ||
| USD < 35,000 | 46 | 1.94 |
| USD 35,000–44,999 | 166 | 6.99 |
| USD 45,000–54,999 | 346 | 14.57 |
| USD 55,000–64,999 | 563 | 23.72 |
| USD 65,000–74,999 | 496 | 20.89 |
| USD 75,000+ | 757 | 31.89 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 1376 | 57.96 |
| Single | 397 | 16.72 |
| Divorced/separated | 237 | 9.98 |
| Widowed | 258 | 10.87 |
| Unknown | 106 | 4.47 |
| Radiation | ||
| No | 2370 | 99.83 |
| Yes | 4 | 0.17 |
| Chemotherapy | ||
| No | 1521 | 64.07 |
| Yes | 853 | 35.93 |
| Year of diagnosis | ||
| 2010 | 186 | 7.83 |
| 2011 | 209 | 8.80 |
| 2012 | 278 | 11.71 |
| 2013 | 267 | 11.25 |
| 2014 | 307 | 12.93 |
| 2015 | 333 | 14.03 |
| 2016 | 386 | 16.26 |
| 2017 | 408 | 17.19 |