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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: advances in diagnosis and management.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Oct 2011
Patil Deepa T, Rubin Brian P
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CONTEXT: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract and should be differentiated from other mesenchymal tumors. They harbor specific activating mutations in the KIT or platelet-derived growth factor receptor α ( PDGFRA ) receptor tyrosine kinases, which makes them responsive to pharmacologic inhibitors, such as imatinib mesylate and sunitinib...
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