[GIST--a significantly more common tumor than earlier apprehended. New discoveries on the pathogenesis of GIST yielded new medical treatment]

MeSH terms

• Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
• Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
• Female
• Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / epidemiology
• Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / etiology
• Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / pathology
• Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / therapy
• Humans
• Incidence
• Male
• Mutation
• Prognosis
• Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics
• Stromal Cells / pathology*
• Survival Rate