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When (if ever) do you consider radiation therapy as adjuvant treatment for GIST?

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Radiation Oncology · Fox Chase Cancer Center

I would NOT consider radiation as adjuvant treatment for GIST. A diagnosed GIST tumor is standardly treated with Imatinib as medical therapy in the first line. Resistance to Imatinib or genetic variations may cause slight modifications to this therapy, however I have not used RT in the adjuvant sett...

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