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Using quantitative proteomic analysis to understand genotype specific intrinsic drug resistance in melanoma.
Oncotarget - 1 Apr 2011
Koomen John M, Smalley Keiran S M
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of activating BRAF V600E mutations in 50% of all melanoma patients and the development of small molecule BRAF inhibitors looks set to revolutionize the therapy of disseminated melanoma. However, in the recent clinical trial of the BRAF inhibitor, vemurafenib (PLX4032), a significant percentage of BRAF V600E mutant melanoma patients did not meet the RECIST criteria for a response. Recent work from...
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