Title: Endoscopic characteristics and treatment modalities of gastrointestinal glomus tumors: a
multicenter retrospective study
Version: 1 Date: 19 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
The authors investigated the treatment outcomes of gastrointestinal glomus tumors.
Furthermore, this study seems to summarize the clinicopathologic features and endoscopic
findings. We think some descriptions were questionable. Below are my specific critics.
1. The small sample size is a concern. The authors describe endoscopic findings of submucosal
elevation and a certain frequency of ulceration, but this has already been described in previous
reports and is not novel.
2. Compared to previous reports, we believe the novelty is that a larger proportion of endoscopic
resections than surgical procedures were investigations of treatment outcomes. However,
regarding long-term prognosis, only 5 cases of endoscopic resection were investigated and
the duration was not so long (39.2 months). Furthermore, the surveillance method was only
a telephone interview and endoscopy, without CT or medical examination, which should be
mentioned in the “limitations” section.
Title: Endoscopic characteristics and treatment modalities of gastrointestinal glomus tumors: a
multicenter retrospective study
Version: 1 Date: 19 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
The authors investigated the treatment outcomes of gastrointestinal glomus tumors.
Furthermore, this study seems to summarize the clinicopathologic features and endoscopic
findings. We think some descriptions were questionable. Below are my specific critics.
1. The small sample size is a concern. The authors describe endoscopic findings of submucosal
elevation and a certain frequency of ulceration, but this has already been described in previous
reports and is not novel.
2. Compared to previous reports, we believe the novelty is that a larger proportion of endoscopic
resections than surgical procedures were investigations of treatment outcomes. However,
regarding long-term prognosis, only 5 cases of endoscopic resection were investigated and
the duration was not so long (39.2 months). Furthermore, the surveillance method was only
a telephone interview and endoscopy, without CT or medical examination, which should be
mentioned in the “limitations” section.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Endoscopic characteristics and treatment modalities of gastrointestinal glomus tumors: a
multicenter retrospective study
Version: 1 Date: 19 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
The authors investigated the treatment outcomes of gastrointestinal glomus tumors.
Furthermore, this study seems to summarize the clinicopathologic features and endoscopic
findings. We think some descriptions were questionable. Below are my specific critics.
1. The small sample size is a concern. The authors describe endoscopic findings of submucosal
elevation and a certain frequency of ulceration, but this has already been described in previous
reports and is not novel.
2. Compared to previous reports, we believe the novelty is that a larger proportion of endoscopic
resections than surgical procedures were investigations of treatment outcomes. However,
regarding long-term prognosis, only 5 cases of endoscopic resection were investigated and
the duration was not so long (39.2 months). Furthermore, the surveillance method was only
a telephone interview and endoscopy, without CT or medical examination, which should be
mentioned in the “limitations” section.
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