Gastrointestinal stromal tumours

JY Blay, YK Kang, T Nishida… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2021 - nature.com
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) have an incidence of~ 1.2 per 105 individuals per
year in most countries. Around 80% of GIST have varying molecular changes, predominantly …

New treatment strategies for advanced-stage gastrointestinal stromal tumours

LR Klug, HM Khosroyani, JD Kent… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
When gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), the most common form of sarcoma, was first
recognized as a distinct pathological entity in the 1990s, patients with advanced-stage …

NCCN Guidelines® insights: gastrointestinal stromal tumors, version 2.2022: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines

M von Mehren, JM Kane, RF Riedel, JK Sicklick… - Journal of the National …, 2022 - jnccn.org
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma that
occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Most of these tumors are caused by oncogenic …

The management of metastatic GIST: current standard and investigational therapeutics

CM Kelly, L Gutierrez Sainz, P Chi - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the
gastrointestinal tract. The majority of GISTs harbor gain of function mutations in either KIT or …

Fibroblast growth factor receptors as treatment targets in clinical oncology

M Katoh - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2019 - nature.com
FGFRs are receptor tyrosine kinases with a role in several biological processes, such as the
regulation of development and tissue repair. However, alterations in FGFRs 1–4, such as …

Analysis of NTRK Alterations in Pan-Cancer Adult and Pediatric Malignancies: Implications for NTRK-Targeted Therapeutics

R Okamura, A Boichard, S Kato, JK Sicklick… - JCO precision …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Fusions that involve neurotrophic-tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) genes are
known drivers of oncogenesis. Therapies that target these ultra-rare, constitutionally active …

[HTML][HTML] Tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) biology and the role of NTRK gene fusions in cancer

A Amatu, A Sartore-Bianchi, K Bencardino… - Annals of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) family of receptor tyrosine kinases are encoded by
NTRK genes and have a role in the development and normal functioning of the nervous …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of tumor NTRK gene fusions to identify patients who may benefit from tyrosine kinase (TRK) inhibitor therapy

SJ Hsiao, A Zehir, AN Sireci, DL Aisner - The Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chromosomal rearrangements involving the NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes (NTRK
genes), which encode the high-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (TRKA), brain-derived …

The GIST of advances in treatment of advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor

IM Schaefer, RP DeMatteo… - American Society of …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
overview Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common malignant neoplasm of
mesenchymal origin and a compelling clinical and biologic model for the rational …

Testing algorithm for identification of patients with TRK fusion cancer

F Penault-Llorca, ER Rudzinski… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - jcp.bmj.com
The neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) gene family encodes three tropomyosin
receptor kinases (TRKA, TRKB, TRKC) that contribute to central and peripheral nervous …