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SUBMITTER: George S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2716937 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
George Suzanne S Merriam Priscilla P Maki Robert G RG Van den Abbeele Annick D AD Yap Jeffrey T JT Akhurst Timothy T Harmon David C DC Bhuchar Gauri G O'Mara Margaret M MM D'Adamo David R DR Morgan Jeffrey J Schwartz Gary K GK Wagner Andrew J AJ Butrynski James E JE Demetri George D GD Keohan Mary L ML
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20090518 19
PURPOSE To evaluate the potential benefit of continuous daily dosing sunitinib in patients with advanced nongastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) sarcomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 53 patients with advanced non-GIST soft tissue sarcomas received sunitinib 37.5 mg daily. Primary end point was Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors defined response. Secondary end points were stable disease at 16 and 24 weeks. [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography was performed on a s ...[more]