Table 4.
GIST phenotypes according to the presence and type of KIT mutations
Differentiation |
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Epithelioid (%) | Spindle cells (%) | Mixed type 1 (%) | Mixed type 2 (%) | P | |
KIT mutation | |||||
Positive | 10.5 | 73.3 | 15.8 | NS | |
Negative | 9.1 | 54.5 | 9.1 | 27.3 | |
Exon 9 | 66.7 | 33.3 | NS | ||
Exon 11 | 12.5 | 75 | 12.5 | ||
Insertions | 100 | 0.03 | |||
Deletions | 80.0 | 20.0 | |||
Substitutions | 100 |