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Treatment of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor of small bowel: implications of imatinib mesylate.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Jun 2006
Yeh Chun-Nan, Chen Tsung-Wen, Wu Ting-Jung, Hsueh Swei, Jan Yi-Yin
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AIM: To examine the impact of imatinib mesylate (Glivec) on patient survival and response and its safety, and the correlation of the response rate with the kit gene mutation status. METHODS: Thirty-three of 74 (44.6%) small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients who developed recurrence after curative resection and not treated with Glivec were classified as group A patients. Twenty-two advanced...
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