Table 4.

Characteristics of the minimal EUS-suspected GISTs followed up to 2 years

Characterisitics	Stable disease group (n = 37)	Progress disease group (n = 6)	P
Age	58.0 ± 11.8	70.7 ± 11.6	0.019
Gender, n (%)			0.164
Male	8 (17.6%)	3 (44.4%)
Female	29 (82.4%)	3 (55.6%)
Tumor location, n (%)
Cardia	6 (16.2%)	0	0.571
Fundus	25 (67.6%)	2 (33.3%)	0.174
Body	6 (16.2%)	4 (66.7%)	0.020
Antrum	0	0	1.000
Initial diameter (mm)	8.14 ± 3.10	13.83 ± 4.83	0.033
Initial EUS, n (%)			1.000
Low risk	35 (94.6%)	6 (100%)
High risk	2 (5.4%)	0
F/u EUS, n (%)			0.007
Low risk	33 (89.2%)	2 (33.3%)
High risk	4 (10.8%)	4 (66.7%)
Growth rate per year (%)	−0.8 ± 5.4	37.3 ± 22.1	0.008