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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 21, 2008; 14(23): 3763-3767
Published online Jun 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3763
Pathologic complete response confirmed by surgical resection for liver metastases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor after treatment with imatinib mesylate
Seiji Suzuki, Koji Sasajima, Masayuki Miyamoto, Hidehiro Watanabe, Tadashi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Takeshi Matsutani, Aimin Liu, Masaru Hosone, Shotaro Maeda, Takashi Tajiri
Seiji Suzuki, Koji Sasajima, Masayuki Miyamoto, Hidehiro Watanabe, Tadashi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Takeshi Matsutani, Department of Surgery, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan
Aimin Liu, Masaru Hosone, Shotaro Maeda, Department of Pathology, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan
Takashi Tajiri, Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sndagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
Author contributions: Suzuki S, Miyamoto M and Yokoyama T performed hepatectomy; Watanabe H evaluated the effect of the treatment with imatinib; Suzuki S, Maruyama H and Matsutani T treated the patient with imatinib; Liu A, Hosone M and Maeda S evaluated the histopathological findings; Suzuki S wrote the paper; Sasajima K and Tajiri T reviewed the paper.
Correspondence to: Seiji Suzuki, Department of Surgery, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan. seiji@nms.ac.jp
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Received: March 22, 2008
Revised: May 6, 2008
Accepted: May 13, 2008
Published online: June 21, 2008
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