Gist Tumorgist tumor
posted by ahiekta06 4 days ago under gist tumor
Gist tumor is such a rare type of cancer that few doctors have much experience in treating it. The hospitals with top sarcoma treatment centers are likely to have more experience with gist tumor. This is especially true with the hospitals that conducted or are conducting clinical trials with Gleevec and Sutent (SU11248). They have seen many more GIST patients and are more familiar with their unique needs, with treatment options, managing side effects, monitoring considerations, and what to do if the initial treatment fails.
GIST Tumor
posted by ahiekta06 10 days ago under gist tumor
Gist tumor was previously thought to arise from smooth muscle cells of the GI tract. The discovery that Gist tumor express the KIT protein helped establish that GISTs do not originate from smooth muscle. With the development of new effective therapies for GIST, it is vitally important that patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the GI tract have their tumor slides tested for KIT (CD117) by a pathologist experienced with GIST and KIT. The hospitals with top sarcoma treatment centers are likely to have more experience with GIST.
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