Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8945296 | European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO) | 2018 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Our narrative review has identified studies which suggest that surgery may be beneficial in selected patients with metastatic GIST with responsive or stable disease during TKI treatment. Similarly, surgery for isolated clonal proliferative progressive disease may improve progression free survival and delay switch to second-line TKI in some cases.
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Authors
Yvonne Schrage, Henk Hartgrink, Myles Smith, Marco Fiore, Piotr Rutkowski, Dimitri Tzanis, Christina Messiou, Vincent Servois, Sylvie Bonvalot, Jos van der Hage,