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Eruptive naevi in a patient treated with LGX818 for BRAF mutant metastatic melanoma.
Melanoma research - 1 Feb 2015
Anforth Rachael M, Carlos Giuliana R M, Scolyer Richard A, Chou Shaun, Fernandez-Peñas Pablo
Abstract excerpt
LGX818 is a new-generation BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) that is currently undergoing phase 3 trials for the treatment of BRAF mutant metastatic melanoma patients (NCT01909453). Cutaneous toxicities associated with the administration of BRAF inhibitors are considered to be induced by the paradoxical activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in wild-type BRAF cells. Changes in naevi, including new naevi,...
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