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Although the incidence of GISTs is rising in the oriental population, available document on this area is still limited, especially studies with large sample size in a single center. This study ...

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H. Ma and S. Srivastava are joint first authors of this article. R. Sundar and P. Tan are joint corresponding and senior authors of this article.

Indicators for Gleevec nonadherence were cognitive functioning, global health status score, social support, gender and others in patients with GIST.