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[The importance of mutational status in prognosis and therapy of GIST].
Recenti progressi in medicina - 1 Jan 2015
Comandone Alessandro, Boglione Antonella
Abstract excerpt
GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumor) are the most common mesenchymal tumors in gastrointestinal tract and are thought to derive from the cells of Cajal or their precursors that have a constitutional mutation in KIT and PDGFRA genes. There are KIT and PDGFRA genes mutations detected before the start of therapy that are believed to be related to GIST pathogenesis and some secondary mutations causing drug...
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