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Mechanisms of Resistance to BRAF-Targeted Melanoma Therapies.
American journal of clinical dermatology - 1 Jan 2021
Dulgar Ozgecan, Kutuk Tugce, Eroglu Zeynep
Abstract excerpt
About half of all cutaneous melanomas harbor activating mutations in the BRAF oncogene. Dependence on this pathway makes the tumors vulnerable to BRAF (and downstream MEK) inhibition, and three drug combinations are approved to target this vulnerability in advanced melanomas with BRAFV600 mutations. Responses to BRAF/MEK inhibitors are usually fast, but durability of response can be limited. Five-year data from...
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