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BRAF V600E-mutated lung adenocarcinoma with metastases to the brain responding to treatment with vemurafenib.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Aug 2014
Robinson Sara D, O'Shaughnessy Joyce A, Cowey C Lance, Konduri Kartik
Abstract excerpt
Somatic BRAF mutations have been reported in 1-4% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), primarily in adenocarcinomas with the BRAF (V600E) mutation in about 50% of the cases. The role of BRAF mutation in NSCLC and the treatment for tumors with such mutations is still evolving. Our patient had metastatic NSCLC with metastases to her brain. Due to the BRAF (V600E) mutation in her tumor and her poor functional...
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