Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on September 11, 2009
Annals of Oncology 2009 20(11):1898-1899; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp431
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Successful PDGFR-
/β targeting with imatinib in uterine sarcoma
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Uterine sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with a propensity for metastasis and resistance to conventional therapy and represent 8% of all uterine malignancies. They consist of pure stromal tumors, the endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESSs) and leiomyosarcomas, mixed epithelial and mesenchymal tumors and carcinosarcomas [1]. The poor prognosis of uterine sarcomas is due, in part, to the limited success of treatments meant to enhance local and distant disease control after surgical resection. Response to
1 OnkoZentrum Zürich, Klinik im Park, Zürich
2 Centre Pluridisciplinaire d'Oncologie
3 Department of Radiology, Lausanne
4 Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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