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Secondary mutations of c-KIT contribute to acquired resistance to imatinib and decrease efficacy of sunitinib in Chinese patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Jun 2013
Gao Jing, Tian Ye, Li Jian, Sun Naiping, Yuan Jiajia, Shen Lin
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between secondary mutations of c-KIT/PDGFRα and acquired imatinib resistance or efficacy of sunitinib in Chinese patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Mutations of c-KIT (exons 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, and 18) and PDGFRα (exons 12 and 18) in tumor samples of 50 patients were analyzed by direct sequencing. A total of 50 samples before imatinib...
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