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Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease

Volume 17, 2022

Molecular Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Paradigm for Personalized Medicine

Abstract

Over the past three to four decades, the molecular pathogenesis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) has been elucidated in great detail. In this review, we discuss the biological genesis of GISTs, identification of the various primary activating driver mutations (focusing on and ), oncogene addiction and targeted therapies with imatinib and other tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and the subsequent characterization of the various mechanisms of drug resistance. We illustrate how GIST has become a quintessential paradigm for personalized medicine.

Keyword(s): driver mutations, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, personalized medicine, tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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Molecular Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Paradigm for Personalized Medicine
Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease 17, 323 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-pathol-042220-021510
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