Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Key to diagnosis and choice of therapy

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-143

  Rutkowski, Piotr ^a   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^b   Ruka, Wlodzimierz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diagnostics; Gastrointestinal stromal tumours; Growth factor receptor modulators, therapeutic use; Imatinib, therapeutic use; Proto oncogene protein c kit target

Indexed keywords

DASATINIB; EVEROLIMUS; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 INHIBITOR; IMATINIB; MIDOSTAURIN; N (3,3 DIMETHYL 6 INDOLINYL) 2 (4 PYRIDINYLMETHYLAMINO)NICOTINAMIDE; NILOTINIB; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 44449178477     PISSN: 11771062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03256278     Document Type: Review

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