Downstaging of a rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor by neoadjuvant imatinib therapy allowing for a conservative surgical approach

Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2009;64(8):819-21. doi: 10.1590/S1807-59322009000800018.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzamides
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors* / drug therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors* / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Male
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Rectal Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Rectal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Rectal Neoplasms* / surgery

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzamides
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • Imatinib Mesylate