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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: clinical significance of p53 expression, MDM2 amplification, and KIT mutation status.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 Jul 2013
Wallander Michelle L, Layfield Lester J, Tripp Sheryl R, Schmidt Robert L
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BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. Clinical behavior is best predicted by size and mitotic count (risk index). KIT and platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRA) mutations have therapeutic and prognostic value but few other prognostically significant molecular markers have been identified. We investigated the prognostic...
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