Pathology of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a well recognized and relatively well understood soft tissue tumor. Early events in GIST development are activating mutations in KIT or PDGFRA, which occur in most GISTs and encode for mutated tyrosine receptor kinases that are therapeutic targets for tyrosin...

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Main Authors: Foo, Wai Chin, Liegl-Atzwanger, Bernadette, Lazar, Alexander J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Libertas Academica 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408870/