C-kit expression in uterine leiomyosarcomas: an immunocytochemical study of 29 cases of malignant smooth muscle tumors of the uterus.

doi:10.1179/joc.2003.15.1.81

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C-kit expression in uterine leiomyosarcomas: an immunocytochemical study of 29 cases of malignant smooth muscle tumors of the uterus.

Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) - 1 Feb 2003

Raspollini M R, Villanucci A, Amunni G, Paglierani M, Taddei A, Taddei G L

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Uterine malignant stromal tumors are rare neoplasms characterized by fatal prognosis. At the moment no effective systemic treatment is available for metastases or recurrent disease. The drugs employed in advanced neoplasms are iposfamide, doxorubicin or epidoxorubicin, but the clinical response to chemotherapy is poor. Recent studies have shown that cells in gastrointestinal stromal tumors express a growth factor...

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