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Metabolic Response to BRAF-MEK Combination Therapy in Cecal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma With BRAFV600E Mutation and Refractory Lactic Acidosis.
Clinical nuclear medicine - 1 Sept 2018
Imperiale Alessio, Latgé Adrien, Schaff-Wendling Frédérique, Goichot Bernard, Kurtz Jean-Emmanuel, Malouf Gabriel G
Abstract excerpt
We report the results of serial F-FDG PET/CT investigations in a 49-year-old woman presenting with an advanced cecal high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma harboring a somatic BRAF mutation. Patient was refractory to standard chemotherapy regimen showing life-threatening hyperlactatemia. Early after the beginning of BRAF-MEK therapy (dabrafenib and trametinib), impressive improvement in PET/CT imaging was achieved....
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