gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Managing adult soft tissue sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Number 73-74

Grandround 12 September 2016 0

Sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumours include a wide variety of biologically diverse cancers, many of them very rare. Paolo Casali, a leading expert, presents an update of the latest evidence on the best way to [more]

GIST adjuvant therapy – some answers and more questions

Number 33

Impact Factor 1 November 2009 0

Imatinib is known to be effective in the first-line treatment of metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours. A randomised, placebo-controlled trial has now shown that imatinib is safe and improves recurrence-free survival when used as adjuvant therapy [more]