Adjuvant imatinib for gastrointestinal stromal tumors: The current situation and problems

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 645-651

  Zhong, Jian Hong ^a   Ma, Liang ^a   Li, Le Qun ^a   Ru, Hai Ming ^a   Zhao, Yin Nong ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; GISTs; imatinib

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; ANEMIA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 79955977009     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.551884     Document Type: Review

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