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Gene expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumors is distinguished by KIT genotype and anatomic site.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 May 2004
Antonescu Cristina R, Viale Agnes, Sarran Lisa, Tschernyavsky Sylvia J, Gonen Mithat, Segal Neil H, Maki Robert G, Socci Nicholas D, DeMatteo Ronald P, Besmer Peter
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PURPOSE: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are specific KIT expressing and KIT-signaling driven mesenchymal tumors of the human digestive tract, many of which have KIT-activating mutations. Previous studies have found a relatively homogeneous gene expression profile in GIST, as compared with other histological types of sarcomas. Transcriptional heterogeneity within clinically or molecularly defined subsets...
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