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How do you modify therapy for patients with severe intolerance to imatinib in the adjuvant setting for GIST?

Do you switch to alternative TKI? Dose reduce?
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Medical Oncology · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Either of the potential solutions (dose reduce or switch to an alternative TKI) is possible. Depending on the specific intolerance, it would be reasonable to try a dose reduction. If the patient still cannot tolerate the imatinib and the patient is a high risk, then sunitinib may be better tolerated...

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