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Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Author(s) -
George D. Demetri,
Margaret von Mehren,
Charles D. Blanke,
Annick D. Van den Abbeele,
Burton Eisenberg,
Peter Roberts‎,
Michael C. Heinrich,
David A. Tuveson,
Samuel Singer,
Milos J. Janicek,
Jonathan A. Fletcher,
Stuart G. Silverman,
Sandra Silberman,
Renaud Capdeville,
Beate Kiese,
Bin Peng,
Saša Dimitrijević,
Brian J. Druker,
Christopher L. Corless,
Christopher D.�M. Fletcher,
Heikki Joensuu
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa020461
Subject(s) - medicine , imatinib , imatinib mesylate , tyrosine kinase inhibitor , tolerability , gastroenterology , sunitinib , myeloid leukemia , clinical trial , tyrosine kinase , oncology , adverse effect , pharmacology , cancer , receptor
Constitutive activation of KIT receptor tyrosine kinase is critical in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Imatinib mesylate, a selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been shown in preclinical models and preliminary clinical studies to have activity against such tumors.

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