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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: History, Molecular Subtypes, and Risk Stratification.
Journal of gastric cancer - 1 Apr 2026
Song In Hye, Ahn Soomin, Kim Hyung-Don, Jo Jeong-Hyeon, Shin Jinho, Ryu Min-Hee, Park Young Soo
Abstract excerpt
The gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is one of the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Between the 1990s and early 2000s, GIST was identified as a tumor characterized by KIT or PDGFRA mutations, resulting in imatinib being established as an effective targeted therapy. However, with advances in molecular diagnostics, approximately 10%-15% of GISTs have been reported to harbor...
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