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Dabrafenib Treatment in a Patient with an Epithelioid Glioblastoma and BRAF V600E Mutation.
International journal of molecular sciences - 5 Apr 2018
Ceccon Garry, Werner Jan-Michael, Dunkl Veronika, Tscherpel Caroline, Stoffels Gabriele, Brunn Anna, Deckert Martina, Fink Gereon R, Galldiks Norbert
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Novel therapeutic targets in malignant glioma patients are urgently needed. Point mutations of the v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B (BRAF) gene occur predominantly in melanoma patients, but may also occur in gliomas. Thus, this is a target of great interest for this group of patients. In a nine-year-old male patient, an anaplastic astrocytoma in the left temporoparietal region was diagnosed...
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