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Radiotherapy with BRAF inhibitor therapy for melanoma: progress and possibilities.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Jan 2016
Zahnreich Sebastian, Mayer Arnulf, Loquai Carmen, Grabbe Stephan, Schmidberger Heinz
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The introduction of small molecule BRAF(V600) kinase inhibitors represents a milestone in the targeted therapy of patients with metastatic melanoma by a significant increase in therapeutic efficacy in terms of overall and progression-free survival compared with conventional chemotherapy. Beside BRAF(V600) inhibitor treatment, radiotherapy is a further mainstay for the therapy of metastatic melanoma and thus a...
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