The GIST of targeted cancer therapy: A tumor (gastrointestinal stromal tumor), a mutated gene (c-kit), and a molecular inhibitor (STI571)

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 831-839

  DeMatteo, Ronald P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit Proto oncogene; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST; STI571

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; IMATINIB; MITOMYCIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; ONCOGENE C KIT; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW;

EID: 0036841799     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557518     Document Type: Review

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