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Metastatic Low-Grade Glioma Successfully Treated in a Pediatric Patient With BRAF A598_T599insI Mutation.
Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Aug 2025
Calò Pierluigi, Diallo Safiatou, Lebrun Laetitia, Gilis Nathalie, Preziosi Marco, Leblond Pierre
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BACKGROUND: Pediatric low-grade gliomas are common brain tumors often driven by MAPK pathway alterations, including rare BRAF mutations. CASE: This case report describes the first use of treatment combining dabrafenib and trametinib in a 10-year-old boy with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma harboring a BRAF A598_T599insI mutation. Surgery and chemotherapy failed, leading to metastatic progression; yet targeted...
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