Case Report: Circulating Tumor Cells as a Response Biomarker in ALK-Positive Metastatic Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor

• Main Authors: Paolo Bonvini (Author), Elisabetta Rossi (Author), Angelica Zin (Author), Mariangela Manicone (Author), Riccardo Vidotto (Author), Antonella Facchinetti (Author), Lucia Tombolan (Author), Maria Carmen Affinita (Author), Luisa Santoro (Author), Rita Zamarchi (Author), Gianni Bisogno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are locally aggressive malignancies occurring at various sites. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment and prognosis is generally good. For children with unresectable or metastatic tumors, however, outcome is particularly severe, limited also by the lack of p...