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Primary and secondary kinase genotypes correlate with the biological and clinical activity of sunitinib in imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Nov 2008
Heinrich Michael C, Maki Robert G, Corless Christopher L, Antonescu Cristina R, Harlow Amy, Griffith Diana, Town Ajia, McKinley Arin, Ou Wen-Bin, Fletcher Jonathan A, Fletcher Christopher D M, Huang Xin, Cohen Darrel P, Baum Charles M, Demetri George D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Most gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) harbor mutant KIT or platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) kinases, which are imatinib targets. Sunitinib, which targets KIT, PDGFRs, and several other kinases, has demonstrated efficacy in patients with GIST after they experi...
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