Imatinib rechallenge in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors following progression with imatinib, sunitinib and regorafenib.
Conclusions: Our retrospective data confirm that imatinib rechallenge is a reasonable option in advanced GIST. The prognostic value of the specific KIT mutations was confirmed in our series.
PMID: 30181783 [PubMed]
Source: Adv Data - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Vincenzi B, Nannini M, Badalamenti G, Grignani G, Fumagalli E, Gasperoni S, D'Ambrosio L, Incorvaia L, Stellato M, Spalato Ceruso M, Napolitano A, Valeri S, Santini D, Tonini G, Casali PG, Dei Tos AP, Pantaleo MA Tags: Ther Adv Med Oncol Source Type: research
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