Sunitinib versus imatinib dose escalation after failure of imatinib standard dose in patients with advanced Gastrointestinal stromal tumors – a real-world multi-center study

Background: Whether to escalate imatinib dosage or directly switch to sunitinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) failing on standard dose 400 mg/d of imatinib is still controversial. Methods: We evaluated progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and time to sunitinib failure...

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Main Authors: Shaoqing Huang, Xing Liu, Xiaodan Guo, Hui Wu, Huishan Lu, Zhizhong Pan, Shirong Cai, Xiaojun Wu, Xinhua Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Translational Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193652332300027X