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Narrative review: BRAF opens the door for therapeutic advances in melanoma.
Annals of internal medicine - 2 Nov 2010
Flaherty Keith T
Abstract excerpt
Patients with metastatic melanoma have a poor prognosis and limited treatment options. In about one half of analyzed patients with metastatic melanoma, a mutated signal transduction molecule has been identified: v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF). This molecule is part of an intracellular signaling cascade and may play a role in many different types of cancer. This article provides an overview...
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