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Molecular basis for primary and secondary tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Jan 2011
Gounder Mrinal M, Maki Robert G
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Small molecule kinase inhibitors have irrevocably altered cancer treatment. March 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of using imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a cardinal example of the utility of such targeted therapy in a solid tumor. Before imatinib, metastatic GIST was frustrating to treat due to its resistance to standard cytotoxic chemotherapy. Median survival for patients with metastatic...
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