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An Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor With a Novel ALKV1180L Mutation Leading to Acquired Resistance to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Nov 2024
Sharpe Brittney, Green Donald C, Tafe Laura J, Wasp Garrett T, Kerr Darcy A, Dashti Nooshin K
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm that can locally recur and potentially metastasize. Approximately 50% of IMTs harbor rearrangements in the gene encoding anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a receptor tyrosine kinase that can be therapeutically targeted with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). With successful application of TKI in ALK-positive nonsmall cell carcinoma (NSCLC),...
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