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Early Prediction of Response to Sunitinib After Imatinib Failure by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Author(s) -
John O. Prior,
Michael Montemurro,
Maria-Victoria Orcurto,
Olivier Michielin,
François Lüthi,
Jean Benhattar,
Louis Guillou,
Valérie Elsig,
Roger Stupp,
Angelika Bischof Delaloye,
Serge Leyvraz
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2008.17.2742
Subject(s) - sunitinib , medicine , positron emission tomography , response evaluation criteria in solid tumors , gist , progressive disease , imatinib , fluorodeoxyglucose , standardized uptake value , imatinib mesylate , nuclear medicine , clinical endpoint , tyrosine kinase inhibitor , progression free survival , gastroenterology , oncology , cancer , stromal cell , chemotherapy , clinical trial , myeloid leukemia
Positron emission tomography with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) was used to evaluate treatment response in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) after administration of sunitinib, a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, after imatinib failure.

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