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Glivec is the only therapy that specifically targets the main cause of GIST. The KIT protein on GIST cells sends out a constant signal that tells the cancerous cells to keep growing and multiplying. Glivec works by blocking, or turning off, the signal from the KIT protein, so the cancerous cells stop growing.
