Combined liver transplantation plus imatinib for unresectable metastases of gastrointestinal stromal tumours

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1237-1239

  Serralta, Alfonso S ^a   Sanjuan, Fernando R ^a   Moya, Angel H ^a   Obis, Francisco C ^a   López Andújar, Rafael ^a   Pareja, Eugenia I ^a   Vila, Juan C ^a   Rayón, Miguel ^a   Juan, Manuel B ^a   Mir, José P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours; Imatinib; Leiomyosarcomas; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMATINIB; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE TUMOR; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8444240449     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200411000-00025     Document Type: Article

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