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No human virus sequences detected by next-generation sequencing in benign verrucous skin tumors occurring in BRAF-inhibitor-treated patients.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Nov 2013
Ganzenmueller Tina, Hage Elias, Yakushko Yuri, Kluba Jeanette, Woltemate Sabrina, Schacht Vivien, Schulz Thomas F, Gutzmer Ralf
Abstract excerpt
Patients treated with BRAF inhibitors (e.g. vemurafenib), a novel targeted therapy for advanced melanoma harbouring certain BRAF mutations, develop numerous adverse cutaneous side effects, including skin tumors such as squamous cell carcinoma or non-malignant verruciform keratinocyte proliferations, termed 'BRAF-inhibitor-associated verrucous keratosis (BAVK) lesions'. These keratinocyte proliferations are...
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