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[Molecular mechanisms of primary and secondary resistance, molecular-genetic features and characteristics of KIT/PDGFRA non-mutated GISTs].
Ceskoslovenska patologie - 1 Jan 2000
Kalfusová Alena, Kodet Roman
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Most of them arise due to activating mutations in KIT (75 - 85 %) or PDGFRA (less than 10 %) genes. Identification of the activating mutations in KIT and PDGFRA genes, which code for receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), has improved the outcome of targeted therapy of metastatic, unresectable or recurrent...
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