Meet The Professors: 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1
A case-based discussion on the management
of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Editor:
Neil Love, MD
Faculty:
Charles D Blanke, MD	Brian Rubin, MD, PhD
George D Demetri, MD	Jonathan C Trent, MD, PhD
Burton L Eisenberg, MD

CME INFORMATION FACULTY AFFILIATIONS AND DISCLOSURES Cases Discussed Cases 1 and 2 (from the practice of William N Harwin, MD)   Primary GIST: Risk stratification Epidemiology of GIST Primary GIST: Clinical trials of adjuvant imatinib Primary GIST: Clinical use of adjuvant imatinib Case 3 (from the practice of Malek Safa, MD)   Metastatic GIST: Treatment for liver-only metastases Metastatic GIST: Clinical use of neoadjuvant imatinib for liver-only metastases Case 4 (from the practice of Lowell Hart, MD)   Metastatic GIST: Significance of exon 9 mutations Metastatic GIST: Mechanisms of resistance to imatinib Metastatic GIST: Sunitinib as second-line therapy Case 8 (from the practice of Sushil Bhardwaj, MD)   Metastatic GIST: Salvage surgery for patients with disease progression on imatinib Metastatic GIST: Tolerability and efficacy of sunitinib Metastatic GIST: Novel therapies Metastatic GIST: Testing for exon 9 mutations Case 9 (from the practice of Philip T Glynn, MD)   Primary GIST: Duration of therapy with adjuvant imatinib Select Publications

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