Genomic Subtypes of GISTs for Stratifying Patient Response to Sunitinib following Imatinib Resistance: A Pooled Analysis and Systematic Review

Objectives. Sunitinib (a second-line chemotherapeutic agent that inhibits multiple kinases, including KIT and PDGFR) is widely used in imatinib-resistant patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). However, diverse responses to sunitinib have been observed in the clinic. We aimed to evalu...

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Main Authors: Siyuan Tan, Ping Chen, Jiafu Ji, Shanshan Guo, Dapeng Yu, Tetsuya Asakawa, Yu Zhou, Masanobu Abe, Liang Zong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1368617