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PD-L1 status does not predict the outcome of BRAF inhibitor therapy in metastatic melanoma.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jan 2018
Schaper-Gerhardt Katrin, Okoye Steven, Herbst Rudolf, Ulrich Jens, Terheyden Patrick, Pföhler Claudia, Utikal Jochen S, Kreuter Alexander, Mohr Peter, Dippel Edgar, Satzger Imke, Sucker Antje, Schadendorf Dirk, Ugurel Selma, Gutzmer Ralf
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Targeted therapies with BRAF plus MEK inhibitors (BRAFi; MEKi) represent the major treatment strategy for patients with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma (MM). Previous analyses suggested a correlation between programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in tumour tissues and the outcome of targeted therapies. This study investigated PD-L1 as a potential predictive biomarker of BRAFi-based targeted...
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