TY - JOUR AU - Farid, Mohamad AU - Ong, Johnny AU - Chia, Claramae AU - Tan, Grace AU - Teo, Melissa AU - Quek, Richard AU - Teh, Jonathan AU - Matchar, David PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/06 TI - Treatment of gastrointestinal tumor (GIST) of the rectum requiring abdominoperineal resection following neoadjuvant imatinib: a cost-effectiveness analysis JO - Clinical Sarcoma Research SP - 13 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Neoadjuvant imatinib for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) of the rectum can reduce, but may not eliminate, risk of surgical morbidity from permanent bowel diversion. We sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies in rectal GIST patients requiring abdominoperineal resection following neoadjuvant imatinib. SN - 2045-3329 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13569-020-00135-7 DO - 10.1186/s13569-020-00135-7 ID - Farid2020 ER -