Recurrent GI bleeding and surgery following the initial response to imatinib therapy in GIST of the stomach

Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Jan;50(1):65-9.

Authors

Ihab I El Hajj¹, Aref Chehal, Nagi S El Saghir

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 15712639

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
Benzamides
Cell Division
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / complications
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / drug therapy*
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / secondary
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / surgery*
Humans
Imatinib Mesylate
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / complications*
Piperazines / therapeutic use*
Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
Recurrence
Stomach Neoplasms / complications
Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
Stomach Neoplasms / secondary
Stomach Neoplasms / surgery*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Benzamides
Piperazines
Pyrimidines
Imatinib Mesylate