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 tyrosi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-01-01
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Series: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/CPath.S9689 |