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Vemurafenib treatment of BRAF V600E-mutated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - 1 Dec 2013
Kaplan Henry G
Abstract excerpt
No effective systemic treatment exists for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). These tumors have been reported to show increased activity in the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway from the loss of neurofibromatosis-1 regulation and occasionally from BRAF V600E mutation. A patient with sporadic metastatic MPNST and the BRAF V600E mutation was treated with standard doses of sorafenib and later...
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