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Combination of vemurafenib and cobimetinib in patients with advanced BRAF(V600)-mutated melanoma: a phase 1b study.
The Lancet. Oncology - 1 Aug 2014
Ribas Antoni, Gonzalez Rene, Pavlick Anna, Hamid Omid, Gajewski Thomas F, Daud Adil, Flaherty Lawrence, Logan Theodore, Chmielowski Bartosz, Lewis Karl, Kee Damien, Boasberg Peter, Yin Ming, Chan Iris, Musib Luna, Choong Nicholas, Puzanov Igor, McArthur Grant A
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BACKGROUND: Addition of a MEK inhibitor to a BRAF inhibitor enhances tumour growth inhibition, delays acquired resistance, and abrogates paradoxical activation of the MAPK pathway in preclinical models of BRAF-mutated melanoma. We assessed the safety and efficacy of combined BRAF inhibition with vemurafenib and MEK inhibition with cobimetinib in patients with advanced BRAF-mutated melanoma. METHODS: We undertook...
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