Hos GIST- patienter rapporteredes anæmi grad 3 og 4 hos henholdsvis 5, 4% og 0, 7% af patienterne, hvilket kan hænge sammen med gastrointestinal eller intra- tumoral blødning, i hvert fald hos enkelte af patienterne.
In patients with GIST, grade 3 and 4 anaemia was reported in 5.4% and 0.7% of patients, respectively, and may have been related to gastrointestinal or intra-tumoural bleeding in at least some of these patients.