Adjuvant treatment of GIST with imatinib: solid ground or still quicksand? A comment on behalf of the EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group, the Italian Sarcoma Group, the NCRI Sarcoma Clinical Studies Group (UK), the Japanese Study Group on GIST, the French Sarcoma Group and the Spanish Sarcoma Group (GEIS).
Gronchi
Alessandro
A
Sarcoma Unit, Department of Surgery, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via G. Venezian 1, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Judson
Ian
I
The Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital, 123 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP, UK.
Nishida
Toshirou
T
Department of Surgery, E1, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Poveda
Andres
A
Medical Oncology Department, Fundacion Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain.
Martin
Javier
J
Skeletal-Muscle Tumour Committee, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Reichardt
Peter
P
HELIOS Klinikum Bad Saarow, Pieskower Straße 33, 15526 Bad Saarow, Germany.
Casali
Paolo G
PG
Adult Sarcoma Medical Treatment Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via G. Venezian 1, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Cesne
Axel Le
AL
Department of Medicine, Institut Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif Cedex, France.
Hohenberger
Peter
P
Division of Surgical Oncology and Thoracic Surgery, Mannheim University Medical Centre, University of Heidelberg, Theodor Kutzer Ufer 1-3, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Blay
Jean-Yves
JY
Department of Medicine, Centre Leon Berard, 28, rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France. Electronic address: blay@lyon.fnclcc.fr.
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001549:Benzamides; D010879:Piperazines; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011743:Pyrimidines; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate