Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: A bridge between bench and bedside

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 175-188

  Nishida, Toshirou ^a,b   Takahashi, Tsuyoshi ^b,c   Miyazaki, Yasuaki ^b  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imatinib; KIT; PDGFRA; Sunitinib resistance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; GLYCINE; IMATINIB; LYSINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SUNITINIB; TYROSINE; VALINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INHERITANCE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; INDOLES; MUTATION; PIPERAZINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 77249161936     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-009-0525-8     Document Type: Review

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