Chatter Between Cell Populations Drives Progression of Gastrointestinal Tumors
Researchers at UCSD discovered that cancer-associated fibroblasts within gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) communicate with GIST cells to drive tumor growth.
Blueprint Medicines Announces FDA Approval of AYVAKIT™ (avapritinib) for the Treatment of Adults with Unresectable or Metastatic PDGFRA Exon 18 Mutant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Blueprint Medicines won FDA approval for Ayvakit (avapritinib), the first treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) that targets platelet-derived growth factor alpha... Read More