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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5315077 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oncology and therapy 20160108 1
The treatment of metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) changed dramatically with the introduction of imatinib into the therapeutic lexicon in 2001. Over the past 15 years, tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the adjuvant and metastatic settings have remained the standard of care for this disease, though alternate classes of agents and new therapeutic targets are being actively explored in clinical trials. Although data are limited, the use of surgical and non-surgical locoregional techniq ...[more]