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Six years survival on imatinib with no disease progression after diagnosis of metastatic duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a case report
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Bhattacharya, Sayantan, Choudhury, Amit Kumar, Ravi, Srinivasan, Morrissey, John R. and Mathew, G. (George) (2008) Six years survival on imatinib with no disease progression after diagnosis of metastatic duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol.2 (No.110). doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-110 ISSN 1752-1947.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-110
Abstract
Introduction: A duodenal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) is a rare finding and until recently advanced disease had a poor prognosis. A PubMed search revealed no reports of more than five years survival of inoperable GIST on chemotherapy with WHO performance status zero.
Case Presentation: A 68 year old female was diagnosed with unresectable GIST in the duodenum with metastasis to liver, pancreas and omentum in November 2001. She was
commenced on imatinib mesylate (Glivec) chemotherapy. This case report was prepared from the medical records and radiology reports. She had good tolerance with stable disease. After six years her CT scan showed no disease progression and her WHO performance status was zero.
Conclusion: This report supports the view that imatinib is a safe and effective drug in controlling
disease progression in advanced metastatic GIST and plays an important role in improving the patient's quality of life.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Duodenum -- Diseases, Gastrointestinal stronal tumours, Chemotherapy | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Medical Case Reports | ||||
| Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1752-1947 | ||||
| Official Date: | 18 April 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.2 | ||||
| Number: | No.110 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1186/1752-1947-2-110 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
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