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Development of RET mutant cutaneous angiosarcoma during BRAF inhibitor therapy.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Dec 2017
Dai Julia, Kunder Christian A, Chu Emily Y, Chan Edward F, Egan Christine L, Novoa Roberto A
Abstract excerpt
Treatment with BRAF inhibitors may lead to paradoxical mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway activation and accelerated tumorigenesis in cells with preexisting oncogenic hits. This phenomenon manifests clinically in the development of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and keratoacanthomas (KAs) in patients treated with BRAF inhibitors. Cases of extracutaneous malignancies associated with BRAF inhibitors...
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