Survivin expression and its potential clinical significance in gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma

► We explored survivin expression as a prognostic factor in GIST. ► Survivin can be a predictive marker in GISTs for anticancer therapy. ► Survivin can be a predictive marker in GISTs developing metastasis. ► Survivin was highly expressed in GISTs. ► We didn't find correlation between survivin expression and both DFS and OS.