scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Adjuvant imatinib mesylate after resection of localised, primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
Adjuvant imatinib therapy is safe and seems to improve recurrence-free survival compared with placebo after the resection of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
About
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2009-03-28 and is currently open access. It has received 1217 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Imatinib mesylate & Placebo-controlled study.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

NCCN Task Force report: update on the management of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors

TL;DR: The standard of care for managing patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) rapidly changed after the introduction of effective molecularly targeted therapies involving tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as imatinib mesylate and sunitinib malate.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Efficacy and Safety of a Specific Inhibitor of the BCR-ABL Tyrosine Kinase in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

TL;DR: STI571 is well tolerated and has significant antileukemic activity in patients with CML in whom treatment with interferon alfa had failed and demonstrates the potential for the development of anticancer drugs based on the specific molecular abnormality present in a human cancer.
Journal ArticleDOI

Gain-of-function mutations of c-kit in human gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

TL;DR: Sequencing of c-kit complementary DNA from five GISTs revealed mutations in the region between the transmembrane and tyrosine kinase domains, suggesting that the mutations contribute to tumor development.
Journal ArticleDOI

Efficacy and safety of imatinib mesylate in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

TL;DR: Imatinib induced a sustained objective response in more than half of patients with an advanced unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor, indicating that inhibition of the KIT signal-transduction pathway is a promising treatment for advanced gastrointestinalStromal tumors, which resist conventional chemotherapy.
Journal ArticleDOI

Two hundred gastrointestinal stromal tumors: recurrence patterns and prognostic factors for survival.

TL;DR: Tumor size predicts disease-specific survival in patients with primary disease who undergo complete gross resection and investigational protocols are indicated to reduce the rate of recurrence after resections and to improve the outcome for patients with GIST.
Related Papers (5)