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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor

What You Need to Know About the FDA's Approval of Avyakit for GIST Subgroup

Conor Killmurray

Patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors have a new targeted therapy that looks to tackle secondary mutations after it showed a strong response rate in the clinic.

FDA Approves Ayvakit for the Treatment of Certain Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Conor Killmurray

The Food and Drug Administration approved Ayvakit for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor who exhibited a platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha exon 18 mutation.

Hitting a Target in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Erik Ness

How zeroing in on the mutation in gastrointestinal stromal tumors is adding years to patients’ lives

Collaboration Lays the Groundwork for Breakthroughs in GIST

Brielle Urciuoli

The Life Raft Group, a patient advocacy organization, is teaming up with research organizations to hopefully find the next wave of treatment for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Already Proving to Be Treatable With Targeted Therapies

Heather Millar

Identified only a decade-and-a-half ago, GIST is already treatable with several targeted therapies, and scientists are researching more.

Side Effects Associated With Other Treatments for GIST

Melissa D. Shepherd

Melissa D. Shepherd, an acute care nurse practitioner from the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah, discusses side effects associated with second- and third-line treatments for GIST.

Side Effects Associated With Gleevec for GIST

Melissa Shepherd

Melissa Shepherd, an acute care nurse practitioner from the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah, discusses side effects associated with treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).

Treating GIST

Melissa D. Shepherd

Melissa D. Shepherd, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Huntsman Cancer Institute, discusses the various players involved in the care of a patient with GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumors).

What Is GIST?

Melissa D. Shepherd

Melissa D. Shepherd, describes what gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are — tumors that arise in the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, large bowel or the rectum.

Part VI: How GIST and I Became Acquainted

Moving back into the light.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor

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