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GIST Alliance: Find a Glivec Blood Level Testing Lab for Your Patients

GIST ALLIANCE provides easy access to GLIVEC blood level testing

Glivec blood level testing will help identify patients that may have a lower probability of achieving an optimal outcome.

GLIVEC plasma trough levels above 1100 ng/mL have been shown to correlate with significantly better clinical outcomes1,2

Blood level testing for patients with GIST may help optimize clinical benefit from GLIVEC1,2
 
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References:
1.
Demetri GD, Wang Y, Wehrle E, Blanke C, Joensuu H, von Mehren M. Correlation of imatinib plasma levels with clinical benefit in patients (Pts) with unresectable/metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Presented at: ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium; January 25-27, 2008; Orlando, FL. Abstract 3 and Slides.
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von Mehren M, Wang Y, Joensuu H, Blanke CD, Wehrle E, Demetri GD. Imatinib pharmacokinetics (PK) and its correlation with clinical response in patients with unresectable/metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). J Clin Oncol. 2008;26(suppl):Abstract 4523.
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