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SUBMITTER: DeMatteo RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4041735 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
DeMatteo Ronald P RP Ballman Karla V KV Antonescu Cristina R CR Corless Christopher C Kolesnikova Violetta V von Mehren Margaret M McCarter Martin D MD Norton Jeffrey J Maki Robert G RG Pisters Peter W T PW Demetri George D GD Brennan Murray F MF Owzar Kouros K
Annals of surgery 20130901 3
<h4>Objective</h4>To conduct the first adjuvant trial of imatinib mesylate for treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).<h4>Background</h4>GIST is the most common sarcoma. Although surgical resection has been the mainstay of therapy for localized, primary GIST, postoperative tumor recurrence is common. The KIT protooncogene or, less frequently, platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha is mutated in GIST; the gene products of both are inhibited by imatinib mesylate.<h4>Methods</h4> ...[more]