Case Report: Clinical response to anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitor-based targeted therapy in uterine inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor harboring ALK-IGFBP5 fusion

BackgroundAn inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a mesenchymal tumor with a prevalence ranging from 0.04% to 0.7% worldwide, in which the lung is the most common predilection site, accounting for 33% of cases, followed by the abdomen, pelvis, mesentery, and uterus. Approximately 50% of uteri...

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Main Authors: Ting Zhao, Xiaowei Zhang, Xin Liu, Min Ren, Yufan Cheng, Jian Wang, Zhiguo Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2023.1147974/full