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Successful desensitization protocol for hypersensitivity reaction probably caused by dabrafenib in a patient with metastatic melanoma.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Sept 2015
Bar-Sela Gil, Abu-Amna Mahmoud, Hadad Salim, Haim Nissim, Shahar Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
Vemurafenib and dabrafenib are both orally bioavailable small molecule agents that block mitogen activated protein kinase signalling in patients with melanoma and BRAF(V600E) mutation. Generalized hypersensitivity reactions to vemurafenib or dabrafenib have not been described. Continuing vemurafenib or dabrafenib therapy despite hypersensitivity reaction is especially important in patients with melanoma and...
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