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Drug Combo Beats Vemurafenib Alone for Colorectal Cancer.

Cancer discovery - 1 Mar 2017

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Vemurafenib doesn't shrink BRAF-mutated colorectal tumors, but a regimen that also includes irinotecan and cetuximab improves vemurafenib's effectiveness, more than doubling progression-free survival in patients with metastatic tumors. The drug trio also increases disease-control rates.

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PMID: 28153858
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2017-013

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