Cancer Drug May Help Scleroderma Oct 22, 2009
The drug is approved in the United States to treat two types of cancer -- chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumor. SOURCE: Hospital for Special Surgery, news release, Oct. 17, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Drug could provide first treatment for scleroderma Oct 18, 2009
Gleevec is approved in the United States for two types of cancer: chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Systemic scleroderma affects not only the skin, but also underlying blood vessels, and often muscles and joints, as well as the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, lungs and heart. (EurekAlert!)
Crystal Ball For Brain Cancer? New Method Predicts Which Brain Tumors Will Respond To Drug Aug 9, 2009
29, 2009) Researchers have uncovered a genetic pattern that may help predict how gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients respond to the targeted therapy imatinib mesylate. Moreover, their findings point to. (Science Daily)
Edward Figueiredo, longtime lobsterman, 70 Jul 3, 2009
A month later, he was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, a rare cancer of the digestive tract affecting 4,000 to 6,000 Americans a year, according to the University of Texas Cancer Center. Mr. Figueiredo s last day on the ocean was in mid-October. (Boston Globe)
Glivec(R) is the First Adjuvant Treatment Approved in the UK to Delay Return of Gastrointestinal Cancer After Surgery May 8, 2009
Demetri GD, Benjamin RS, Blanke CD, et al. NCCN task force report: management of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)- update of NCCN clinical practice guidelines ... Choi et al, Response evaluation of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ... Corless, CL et al. Biology of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. (PR Newswire)
Infinity to Present Preclinical Data From Its Hsp90 Inhibitor Program and Its Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Inhibitor Program At AACR Meeting Apr 8, 2009
21, 2009: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. MDT Poster Session Title: Efficacy of IPI-504 "a novel inhibitor of heat shock protein 90" in a preclinical mouse model of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) Presenter: Giuseppe Floris, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Location: Hall B-F, Poster Section 37 Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. MDT Poster Session Title: The antiproliferative activity of IPI-504 does not depend on the cellular oxidoreductase NQ01 Presenter: Emmanuel Normant, Infinity... (Primezone Releases)
Gleevec Prevents Return of Intestinal Cancer, Study Confirms Mar 21, 2009
THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Taking Gleevec after surgery to remove a gastrointestinal stromal tumor improves tumor-free survival, a U.S. study has confirmed. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), the most common soft-tissue cancer of the intestinal tract, typically occur in the stomach or small intestine ... Dr. Ronald DeMatteo, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and his fellow researchers said that their "findings will affect the management of patients with primary... (MEDLINEplus)
British couple die at assisted suicide clinic Mar 8, 2009
Her condition, GIST, stands for gastrointestinal stromal tumor, a rare type of cancer found in the digestive system. Dignity in Dying, a British charity that advocates the choice of assisted death for terminally ill patients, said it was "extremely sad" that the Duffs had to travel abroad to die. (CNN -- Health)
