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Bench to Bedside and Back Again: Personalizing Treatment for Patients with GIST
1 Nov 2011
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), defined by the presence of constitutively activated KIT, are the most common gastrointestinal mesenchymal malignancies. This observation has been successfully exploited in clinical trials of Gleevec (also known as imatinib mesylate, STI-571) for patients with unresectable and/or metastatic GISTs. The biological mechanisms of Gleevec as well as its downstream molecular...
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