Application of therapeutic drug monitoring of imatinib for individual treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor

<p>Many molecular target agents are continuously administered at fixed dosages. Imatinib, which can control the growth of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, is administrated at 400 mg/day. However, many patients cannot continue treatment because of adverse events, such as neutropenia. To obtain...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koji Fukuda, Kazuhiro Shimazu, Taichi Yoshida, Masahiro Inoue, Masatomo Miura, Hiroyuki Shibata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IJCTO 2016-06-01
Series:International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ijcto.org/index.php/IJCTO/article/view/512