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Significant antitumor effectiveness of imatinib in c- kit negative gastrointestinal stromal tumor - case report.
Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 1 Jan 2014
Kocáková I, Kocák I, Spelda S, Fabian P, Jurečková A, Vyzula R
Abstract excerpt
Inoperable c- kit negative gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is commonly considered to be highly resistant to systemic therapy. We present a case of a woman with an abdominal sarcomalike tumor diagnosed at the age of 26. The patient underwent several surgical procedures and courses of cytostatic therapy without any substantial effect. Later, the tumor was reclassified as c- kit negative GIST harbouring the...
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