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. 2019 Feb;10(1):144–154. doi: 10.21037/jgo.2018.08.20

Table 5. Clinical response of advanced GISTs to imatinib 400 mg correlated with mutational status (34).

Genotype Percentage of cases Imatinib response
CD117 exon 11 mutation 70% 85%
CD117 exon 9 mutation 15% 45%
CD117 exon 13 mutation <5% Some (few cases)
CD117 exon 17 mutation <5% Some (few cases)
PDGFRA D842V mutation 4% None
PDGFRA other mutations 1% Some (few cases)
No CD117 or PDGFRA mutation 5–10% Little

GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor.