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New advances extend survival in GIST patients.(Digestive Disorders)(gastrointestinal stromal tumors)
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August 15, 2007|
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LAS VEGAS -- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, long an enigma, are revealing their secrets and their vulnerabilities in the face of revoluntionary discoveries about their origins, speakers said at a multidisciplinary general session of the spring meeting of the American College of Surgeons.
Complete resection remains the initial treatment of choice for these often fatal tumors, but advances in their characterization and therapy are providing a more optimistic outlook for patients whose survival was once measured in months rather than years.
"These tumors ...
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