Gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs) are the most common soft tissue sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract,resulting from an activating mutation of stem cell factor receptor(KIT),and an activating mutation of the ho...
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs) are the most common soft tissue sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract,resulting from an activating mutation of stem cell factor receptor(KIT),and an activating mutation of the homologous platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha(PDGFRA) *** GISTs(90%-95%) are *** 5% of GISTs are truly negative for KIT *** have been documented to resistant conventional *** to the KIT activation that occurs in the majority of the cases,KIT inhibition is the primary treatment approach in the adjuvant treatment of metastatic *** mesylate is an oral agent that is a selective protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the KIT protein tyrosine kinase,and it has demonstrated clinical benefit and objective tumor responses in most GIST patients in phase Ⅱ and Ⅲ *** presence and the type of KIT or PDGFRA mutation are predictive of response to imatinib therapy in patients with advanced and metastatic *** analysis in phaseⅠ-Ⅱ trials revealed significant differences in objective response,progression-free survival,and overall survival between GISTs with different kinase *** aim of this letter is to touch on the need for exon mutation analysis for adjuvant treatment with imatinib in GIST patients.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs) are the most common type of mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. The tumorigenesis of GISTs is driven by gain-of-function mutations in KIT or plateletderived growth f...
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs) are the most common type of mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. The tumorigenesis of GISTs is driven by gain-of-function mutations in KIT or plateletderived growth factor receptor α(PDGFRA),resultingin constitutive activation of the tyrosine kinase and its downstream signaling pathways. Oncogenic KIT or PDGFRA mutations are compelling therapeutic targets for the treatment of GISTs,and the KIT/PDGFRA inhibitor imatinib is the standard of care for patients with metastatic GISTs. However,most GIST patients develop clinical resistance to imatinib and other tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Five mechanisms of resistance have been characterized:(1) acquisition of a secondary point mutation in KIT or PDGFRA;(2) genomic amplification of KIT;(3) activation of an alternative receptor tyrosine kinase;(4) loss of KIT oncoprotein expression; and(5) wild-type GIST. Currently,sunitinib is used as a secondline treatment for patients after imatinib failure,and regorafenib has been approved for patients whose disease is progressing on both imatinib and sunitinib. Phase Ⅱ/Ⅲ trials are currently in progress to evaluate novel inhibitors and immunotherapies targeting KIT,its downstream effectors such as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase,protein kinase B and mammalian target of rapamycin,heat shock protein 90,and histone deacetylase inhibitor. Other candidate targets have been identified,including ETV1,AXL,insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor,KRAS,FAS receptor,protein kinase c theta,ANO1(DOG1),CDC37,and aurora kinase A. These candidates warrant clinical evaluation as novel therapeutic targets in GIST.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs)represent a malignant gastrointestinal tumor of neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1)Von Recklinghausen *** the current case,we report a 27-year-old woman with NF1,who presented with a lo...
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs)represent a malignant gastrointestinal tumor of neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1)Von Recklinghausen *** the current case,we report a 27-year-old woman with NF1,who presented with a lower abdominal mass,symptomatic anaemia,and significant weight *** employed multiple approaches to assess the tumor behavior,including computed tomography(CT)scan,surgical tumor resection,histological and immunohistochemical analysis and gene ***,the patient was given Imatinib mesylate(Gleevec)as adjuvant *** scan delineated a large thick wall cavity lesion connecting to the small bowel *** of the tumor yielded a mass of 17 cm×13 cm with achievement of safety *** diagnosis was GIST,confirmed by immunohistochemical expression of CD117,CD34,and *** revealed no mutations in either KIT or platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha,genes which are mutated in over 85%of sporadic GIST ***,there was no evidence of recurrence,metastasis or metachronous GIST for over three years in our *** our analyses,we believe selective genotyping is advisable for high risk patients to predict potential tumor behavior.
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