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The epidemiology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in Taiwan, 1998–2008: a nation-wide cancer registry-based study

BACKGROUND: To investigate the incidence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in Taiwan and the impact of imatinib on the overall survival (OS) of GIST patients. METHODS: GISTs were identified from the Taiwan Cancer Registry (TCR) from 1998 to 2008. The age-adjusted incidence rates and the obs...

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Autores principales: Chiang, Nai-Jung, Chen, Li-Tzong, Tsai, Chia-Rung, Chang, Jeffrey S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24548660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-102