Title: Barriers to Mutational Testing in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
– A Survey of Life Raft Group Members
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jun 2022
Reviewer:  Juan Ángel Fernández
Reviewer's report:
This is a survey based study about the reasons why and why not a GISt patient  has a mutational
testing. The survey was applied to a group of patients with a strong relationship with LRG, a fact
that is the reason for the main drawback of the study, its  bias, as the results confirm. Anyway,
the results are consistent and provide a reason to congralute this non-profit organization for its
efforts.
To improve the work I suggest:
#1. To include Characteristis of the patients in the Results , not in Methods, with a Table.
#2. To describe in a deep fashion the statistical analysis done
#3. To include a statistical comparative analysis, with its significance, and not just to say
"slightly higher...", for example. What to compare: specialized vs non specialized center, large
vs small hospitals,  date of diagnosis, GIST risk  stratification.
Thank you very much
Title: Barriers to Mutational Testing in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
– A Survey of Life Raft Group Members
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jun 2022
Reviewer:  Juan Ángel Fernández
Reviewer's report:
This is a survey based study about the reasons why and why not a GISt patient  has a mutational
testing. The survey was applied to a group of patients with a strong relationship with LRG, a fact
that is the reason for the main drawback of the study, its  bias, as the results confirm. Anyway,
the results are consistent and provide a reason to congralute this non-profit organization for its
efforts.
To improve the work I suggest:
#1. To include Characteristis of the patients in the Results , not in Methods, with a Table.
#2. To describe in a deep fashion the statistical analysis done
#3. To include a statistical comparative analysis, with its significance, and not just to say
"slightly higher...", for example. What to compare: specialized vs non specialized center, large
vs small hospitals,  date of diagnosis, GIST risk  stratification.
Thank you very much
Please review this paper.
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Title: Barriers to Mutational Testing in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
– A Survey of Life Raft Group Members
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jun 2022
Reviewer:  Juan Ángel Fernández
Reviewer's report:
This is a survey based study about the reasons why and why not a GISt patient  has a mutational
testing. The survey was applied to a group of patients with a strong relationship with LRG, a fact
that is the reason for the main drawback of the study, its  bias, as the results confirm. Anyway,
the results are consistent and provide a reason to congralute this non-profit organization for its
efforts.
To improve the work I suggest:
#1. To include Characteristis of the patients in the Results , not in Methods, with a Table.
#2. To describe in a deep fashion the statistical analysis done
#3. To include a statistical comparative analysis, with its significance, and not just to say
"slightly higher...", for example. What to compare: specialized vs non specialized center, large
vs small hospitals,  date of diagnosis, GIST risk  stratification.
Thank you very much
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