NCCN Announces Release of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) Task Force Report

Hollywood, FL, March 11, 2004 – The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) today introduces The NCCN Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) Task Force Report. The report, an expansion on The NCCN Sarcoma Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, outlines the current thinking about the optimal management of patients with GIST. Though an uncommon cancer, GIST is increasingly recognized after experts reported that imatinib (Gleevec, Novartis Pharmaceuticals) an oral cancer therapy which tar...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news