c-Kit expression in patients with uterine leiomyosarcomas: a potential alternative therapeutic treatment.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on May 15, 2004

Authors

Maria Rosaria Raspollini1, Gianni Amunni, Alessandro Villanucci, Pamela Pinzani, Lisa Simi, Milena Paglierani, Gian Luigi Taddei

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. mariarosaria.raspolini@unifi.it

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