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Clinical management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: before and after STI-571.
Human pathology - 1 May 2002
Dematteo Ronald P, Heinrich Michael C, El-Rifai Wa'el M, Demetri George
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. Until recently, surgery has been the only effective therapy for GIST. However, even after complete resection of tumor, many patients still eventually die of disease recurrence. Conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy have been of limited value. Within the last few years, it was discovered that most...
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