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Tumor mitotic rate, size, and location independently predict recurrence after resection of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
Cancer - 1 Feb 2008
Dematteo Ronald P, Gold Jason S, Saran Lisa, Gönen Mithat, Liau Kui Hin, Maki Robert G, Singer Samuel, Besmer Peter, Brennan Murray F, Antonescu Cristina R
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BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most frequent sarcoma of the intestinal tract and often shows constitutive activation of either the KIT or PDGFRA receptor tyrosine kinases because of gain-of-function mutation. Although the efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in metasta...
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