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Plasma vemurafenib concentrations in advanced BRAFV600mut melanoma patients: impact on tumour response and tolerance.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Jul 2015
Funck-Brentano E, Alvarez J C, Longvert C, Abe E, Beauchet A, Funck-Brentano C, Saiag P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vemurafenib improves survival in advanced BRAFV600(mut) melanoma patients, but tolerance is often poor and resistance frequently occurs, without predictive factor. Our aim was to investigate for the first time a relationship between plasma vemurafenib concentration (PVC) and efficacy or tolerance. METHODS: Plasma samples from unresectable metastatic BRAFV600(mut) melanoma patients treated with...
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