NCCN Guidelines® Insights - Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Version 2.2022
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma that occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Most of these tumors are caused by oncogenic activating mutations in the KIT or PDGFRA genes. The NCCN Guidelines for GIST provide recommendations for the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up of patients with these tumors. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the panel discussion behind recent important updates to the guidelines, including revised systemic therapy options for unresectable, progressive, or metastatic GIST based on mutational status, and updated recommendations for the management of GIST that develop resistance to specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of oncologists, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals who manage patients with cancer.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Integrate into professional practice the updates to the NCCN Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
- Describe the rationale behind the decision-making process for developing the NCCN Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
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Faculty Disclaimers
All faculty for this continuing education activity are competent in the subject matter and qualified by experience, training, and/or preparation for the tasks and methods of delivery.
Faculty presentations may include discussion of off-label use. Faculty will disclose that the use in question is not currently approved by the FDA per the product labeling or marketing.
Individuals Who Provided Content Development and/or Authorship Assistance
The faculty listed below have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
John M. Kane III, MD, Panel Vice Chair
Mary Anne Bergman, Guidelines Coordinator, NCCN
Hema Sundar, PhD, Manager, Global Clinical Content, NCCN
Lisa E. Hang, PhD, Oncology Scientist/Medical Writer, NCCN
The faculty listed below have the following relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Margaret von Mehren, MD, Panel Chair, has disclosed receiving grant/research support from Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Cogent Biosciences, and Theseus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and serving as an advisor for Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and GlaxoSmithKline.
Seth M. Pollack, MD, Panel Member, has disclosed serving as an advisor for Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Obsisian Therapeutics, Sensei Biotherapeutics, Inc., Springworks Therapeutics, and T-Knife GmbH; receiving grant/research support from Advenchen Laboratories, LLC, BioAtla, Inc., EMD Serono, Incyte Corporation, Obsisian Therapeutics, Rain Therapeutics, and TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; receiving consulting fees from Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Epizyme, Inc., Sensei Biotherapeutics, Inc., Springworks Therapeutics, and T-Knife GmbH; and serving in a product/speaker bureau for Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Richard F. Riedel, MD, Panel Member, has disclosed receiving grant/research support from Aadi Bioscience, Inc., AROG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ayala Pharmaceuticals, BioAtla, Inc., Cogent Biosciences, Inc., Daiichi-Sankyo Co., GlaxoSmithKline, Immune Design, Karyopharm Therapeutics, NanoCarrier Co., Ltd., Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc., Plexxikon, SpringWorks Therapeutics, TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Trillium Therapeutics Inc.; and receiving consulting fees from Aadi Bioscience, Inc., Bayer HealthCare, Blueprint Medicines, Daiichi-Sankyo Co., Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, NanoCarrier Co., Ltd., and SpringWorks Therapeutics.
Jason K. Sicklick, MD, Panel Member, has disclosed serving in a product/speakers’ bureau for Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Foundation Medicine, Inc., La Hoffman-Roche, Merck & Co., Inc., and QED Therapeutics, Inc.; receiving grant/research support from Amgen, Inc. and Foundation Medicine, Inc.; and receiving consulting fees from Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Ethicon, Inc.
View all of the conflicts of interest for the NCCN Guidelines panel
NCCN Staff Disclosures
None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
NCCN designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
NCCN designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour.
Pharmacists
NCCN designates this knowledge-based continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: JA4008196-0000-22-011-H01-P
Physician Assistants
NCCN has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Approval is valid until November 10, 2023. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
- 1.00 ACPE contact hours
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC contact hours
- 1.00 Participation
Price
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- A device with an Internet connection
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