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Pathologic and molecular features correlate with long-term outcome after adjuvant therapy of resected primary GI stromal tumor: the ACOSOG Z9001 trial.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 May 2014
Corless Christopher L, Ballman Karla V, Antonescu Cristina R, Kolesnikova Violetta, Maki Robert G, Pisters Peter W T, Blackstein Martin E, Blanke Charles D, Demetri George D, Heinrich Michael C, von Mehren Margaret, Patel Shreyaskumar, McCarter Martin D, Owzar Kouros, DeMatteo Ronald P
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PURPOSE: The ACOSOG (American College of Surgeons Oncology Group) Z9001 (Alliance) study, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, demonstrated that 1 year of adjuvant imatinib prolonged recurrence-free survival (RFS) after resection of primary GI stromal tumor (GIST). We sought to determine the pathologic and molecular factors associated with patient outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS: There were 328 patients assigned...
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