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Multiple BRAF Wild-Type Melanomas During Dabrafenib Treatment for Metastatic BRAF-Mutant Melanoma.
JAMA dermatology - 1 May 2015
Carrera Cristina, Puig-Butillè Joan A, Tell-Marti Gemma, García Adriana, Badenas Celia, Alós Llucia, Puig Susana, Malvehy Josep
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: BRAF inhibitors have become the standard of care in metastatic BRAF-mutant melanomas. Compared with chemotherapies, BRAF inhibitors improve overall and disease-free survival and speed the recovery of symptomatic patients with metastatic disease. The most worrisome finding is the possible development of resistance to new malignant tumors. OBSERVATIONS: A patient in her 30s developed massive BRAFV600E...
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