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Cautious Addition of Targeted Therapy to PD-1 Inhibitors after Initial Progression of BRAF Mutant Metastatic Melanoma on Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy

2021-04-05

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background:</bold> Virtually all metastatic melanoma patients who progress after initial treatment with PD-1 or CTLA-4 directed antibodies will die of their disease. Salvage options are urgently needed. It is theoretically attractive to combine immunotherapy with targeted agents in progressing patients with BRAF mutation positive melanoma, but the toxicity of combined treatment ha...

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1b38bcfd-5627-592a-8b6b-c2afb746a5a4
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-386981/v1
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