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Emerging BRAF inhibitors for melanoma.
Expert opinion on emerging drugs - 1 Dec 2013
Sabbatino Francesco, Wang Yangyang, Wang Xinhui, Ferrone Soldano, Ferrone Cristina R
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INTRODUCTION: The clinical activity of BRAF inhibitor (BRAF-I) therapy is a major breakthrough in the treatment of metastatic melanoma carrying BRAF mutations. However, the therapeutic efficacy of BRAF-I therapy is limited due to the onset of intrinsic and acquired drug resistance. AREAS COVERED: The role of wild-type BRAF in melanocytes and of the mutated BRAF in the pathogenesis of melanoma is described in this...
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