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Detecting Primary KIT Mutations in Presurgical Plasma of Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 Aug 2016
Kang Guhyun, Sohn Byeong Seok, Pyo Jung-Soo, Kim Jung Yeon, Lee Boram, Kim Kyoung-Mee
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INTRODUCTION: Assessment of KIT/PDGFRA mutations is essential for therapeutic decision making in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Blood-derived circulating tumor DNA can provide molecular information representative of the tumor tissue. METHODS: In this study, primary tumors and matched presurgical blood samples were collected from 25 patients with localized gastric GIST, and the DNAs were...
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