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Systemic therapy for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors: beyond imatinib.
Journal of surgical oncology - 1 Dec 2011
Kim Edward J, Zalupski Mark M
Abstract excerpt
Progression on first-line therapy with imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is caused by either initial resistance or more often a secondary mutation in tyrosine kinases KIT or PDGFR. Therapies in development for imatinib-resistant GIST include agents that target KIT/PDGFR with greater potency or possess broader kinase inhibition profiles including VEGFR. To circumvent secondary mutations in...
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