title: Testing for KIT (CD117) in gastrointestinal stromal tumors: another HercepTest?
authors.forename: Christopher D M
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001549:Benzamides; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009154:Mutation; D010879:Piperazines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001549:Benzamides; D010879:Piperazines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit