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Tumor-free osteosclerotic lesions in patients treated for metastatic melanoma using BRAF inhibitors.
Melanoma research - 1 Feb 2017
Bottlaender Lea, Perier-Muzet Marie, Lapras Véronique, Thomas Luc, Dalle Stephane
Abstract excerpt
BRAF inhibitors (vemurafenib and dabrafenib) are commonly prescribed in BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma and allow improvement of the overall survival and progression-free survival. They are, however, accompanied by many adverse effects which mainly affect the skin. We observed on computed tomographic scans in three different patients after 3 months of treatment, the onset of osteosclerotic lesions. In parallel,...
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