http://www.targetedonc.com/news/in-gist-recurrencefree-survival-at-90-with-longterm-imatinib

Patients with intermediate- or high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) were less likely to experience recurrence after 5 years of treatment with imatinib (Gleevec), according to results from the phase II PERSIST-5 trial.

“Chronic imatinib was effective in preventing recurrences during treatment for patients with sensitive mutations,” said Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, director, surgical oncology, sarcoma, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He presented the findings at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting. “Five-year recurrence-free survival and overall survival rates were 90% and 95%, respectively.”