Gastro-intestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST)

Patients with early stages of GIST or with small GISTs do not experience symptoms. As the disease progresses and GIST grows, it starts causing symptoms such as:

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Fatigue
• Abdominal pain
• Feeling full even after eating a small amount of food
• Not feeling hungry
• Cramps in abdominal after eating
• Dark-colored stools due to bleeding in the gastrointestinal system
• A feeling of growth in the abdomen