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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): a model for molecule-based diagnosis and treatment of solid tumors.
Cancer science - 1 Apr 2003
Kitamura Yukihiko, Hirota Seiichi, Nishida Toshirou
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase (KIT) is expressed by practically all GISTs, and gain-of-function mutations of KIT are present in most GISTs. Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) a...
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