Michał Kąkol

TL;DR: The risk criteria for assessing the natural course of primary GISTs were validated, but additional independent prognostic factors—primary tumor location and sex—were also identified.

TL;DR: Preoperative nutritional support should be introduced for nonmalnourished patients as it helps to maintain proper nutritional status and reduce number and severity of postoperative complications compared with patients without such support.

TL;DR: The reliability of the new revision of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) based on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network‐Armed Forces Institute of Pathology risk classification is assessed.

TL;DR: Many advanced GIST patients benefit from IM therapy for a prolonged time, although resistance to therapy is observed, and four independent biological factors influencing the PFS during long-term IM therapy are identified.

TL;DR: This review documents clinical trials on inguinal hernia repairs with mesh and summarizes the current knowledge, and tries to solve certain problems: what constitutes a real risk factor, late-onset infection, and how the “surgical environment” impacts on the need to use antibiotic prophylaxis.