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Emerging insights into resistance to BRAF inhibitors in melanoma.
Biochemical pharmacology - 1 Feb 2014
Bucheit Amanda D, Davies Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer. The treatment of patients with advanced melanoma is rapidly evolving due to an improved understanding of molecular drivers of this disease. Somatic mutations in BRAF are the most common genetic alteration found in these tumors. Recently, two different mutant-selective small molecule inhibitors of BRAF, vemurafenib and dabrafenib, have gained regulatory approval...
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