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Different factors are responsible for predicting relapses after primary tumors resection and for imatinib treatment outcomes in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 1 Nov 2007
Rutkowski Piotr, Debiec-Rychter Maria, Nowecki Zbigniew I, Wozniak Agnieszka, Michej Wanda, Limon Janusz, Siedlecki Janusz A, Jerzak Vel Dobosz Anna, Grzesiakowska Urszula, Nasierowska-Guttmejer Anna, Sygut Jacek, Nyckowski Pawel, Krawczyk Marek, Ruka Włodzimierz
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BACKGROUND: The development of accurate diagnostic methods in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and the introduction of imatinib (IM) therapy has focused attention on the factors influencing the prognosis of patients with primary lesions as well as of patients with advanced disease treated with imatinib. MATERIAL/METHODS: The clinico-pathological and genetic factors influencing disease-free survival (DFS)...
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