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BRAF inhibitor treatment of primary BRAF-mutant ameloblastoma with pathologic assessment of response.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology - 1 Jul 2016
Tan Serena, Pollack Jonathan R, Kaplan Michael J, Colevas A Dimitri, West Robert B
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OBJECTIVE: Molecular characterization of ameloblastoma has indicated a high frequency of driver mutations in BRAF and SMO. Preclinical data suggest that Food and Drug Administration-approved BRAF-targeted therapies may be immediately relevant for patients with ameloblastoma positive for the BRAF V600E mutation. METHODS: A neoadjuvant treatment regime of dabrafenib was given to a patient with recurrent BRAF-mutant...
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