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Establishment and characterization of a human gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) xenograft in athymic nude mice.
Anticancer research - 1 Nov 2009
Revheim Mona-Elisabeth, Seierstad Therese, Berner Jeanne-Marie, Bruland Oyvind Sverre, Røe Kathrine, Ohnstad Hege Oma, Bjerkehagen Bodil, Bach-Gansmo Tore
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BACKGROUND: The majority of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) contain oncogenic KIT (v-kit Hardy-Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) or platelet-derived growth factor-alpha (PDGFRA) receptor tyrosine kinase (TK) mutations and are initially, but only temporarily sensitive to...
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