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Modelling vemurafenib resistance in melanoma reveals a strategy to forestall drug resistance.
Nature - 14 Feb 2013
Das Thakur Meghna, Salangsang Fernando, Landman Allison S, Sellers William R, Pryer Nancy K, Levesque Mitchell P, Dummer Reinhard, McMahon Martin, Stuart Darrin D
Abstract excerpt
Mutational activation of BRAF is the most prevalent genetic alteration in human melanoma, with ≥50% of tumours expressing the BRAF(V600E) oncoprotein. Moreover, the marked tumour regression and improved survival of late-stage BRAF-mutated melanoma patients in response to treatment with vemurafenib demonstrates the essential role of oncogenic BRAF in melanoma maintenance. However, as most patients relapse with...
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