Update on the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): Role of imatinib

Biologics: Targets and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 19-31

  Quek, Richard ^a   George, Suzanne ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; GIST; Imatinib; Review; TKI; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

DASATINIB; EVEROLIMUS; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 INHIBITOR; IMATINIB; MASITINIB; NILOTINIB; PLACEBO; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TANESPIMYCIN HYDROQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADVANCED CANCER; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASTHENIA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENOTYPE; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYALGIA; ONCOGENE C KIT; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 77951161381     PISSN: 11775475     EISSN: 11775491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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