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Adjuvant therapy of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).
Current treatment options in oncology - 1 Sept 2012
Casali Paolo G, Fumagalli Elena, Gronchi Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Imatinib was proven to be effective for the adjuvant treatment of localized, surgically excised, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Currently, there is proof that it is able to delay relapse and prolong survival. An effect on cure rate of localized GIST is still to be proven, given the shape of relapse-free survival curves, which apparently tend to overlap after 2-3 years from completion of the adjuvant...
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