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Therapeutic effect of imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumors: AKT signaling dependent and independent mechanisms.
Cancer research - 15 May 2006
Tarn Chi, Skorobogatko Yuliya V, Taguchi Takahiro, Eisenberg Burton, von Mehren Margaret, Godwin Andrew K
Abstract excerpt
Most gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) possess a gain-of-function mutation in c-KIT. Imatinib mesylate, a small-molecule inhibitor against several receptor tyrosine kinases, including KIT, platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha, and BCR-ABL, has therapeutic benefit for GISTs both via KIT and via unknown mechanisms. Clinical evidence suggests that a potential therapeutic benefit of imatinib might...
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