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100 Questions & Answers About Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)

Author(s): Ronald DeMatteo, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Marina Symcox, PhD
George D. Demetri, MD, Sarcoma Center Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763738389
  • ISBN-10:0763738387
  • Paperback    179 pages      © 2007
Price: International Sales $24.95 US List
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EMPOWER YOURSELF!

Whether you're a newly diagnosed GI Stromal patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only text to provide the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.

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Concise, easy-to-read paperback book

The question and answer format mimics an actual physician consultation

Provides both the patient's and physician's perspective on GI Stromal Tumors

Written by an authoritative author team with extensive experience

Provides practical answers to questions about treatment options, sources of support, and much more

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ShowTable of Contents

Preface
Part 1: Basic Science of GISTs
Part 2: Risk Factors, Testing and Diagnosis of GIST
Part 3: Coping with the Diagnosis of GIST
Part 4: Treatment of Primary Localized GISTs
Part 5: Treating Metastatic GIST Tumors
Part 6: Other Treatment Options
Part 7: Decisions at End of Life
Part 8: The Informed Patient
Resources
Glossary
Index


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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Ronald DeMatteo, MD-Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Ronald DeMatteo, MD, is a member of the Hepatobiliary Service in the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He specializes in the treatment of liver, bile duct, and pancreas tumors. Dr. DeMatteo received his medical degree from Cornell Medical College and completed a surgical residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a fellow in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center before joining the staff. Dr. DeMatteo also performs laboratory research where he investigates how the immune system can be used to fight cancer. 

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Marina Symcox, PhD

Marina Symcox, PhD is a cancer survivor and cofounder of the patient support group GIST Support International (www.gistsupport.org). She received her doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma, where she also studied mutant protein kinases in her post-graduate research. In 1997, she was diagnosed with advanced terminal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. After spending months in hospice during 2000 and coming close to death, she became one of the first GIST patients to be treated in a clinical trial with the investigational drug “STI-571,” now known as the breakthrough drug Gleevec. Having a remarkable recovery on Gleevec, Marina lives near Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband and children, and works as a part-time laboratory instructor at the University of Tulsa.

George D. Demetri, MD-Sarcoma Center Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

George D. Demetri, MD, works at the Sarcoma Center Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA.

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