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Dabrafenib and trametinib versus dabrafenib and placebo for Val600 BRAF-mutant melanoma: a multicentre, double-blind, phase 3 randomised controlled trial

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The improvement in overall survival establishes the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib as the standard targeted treatment for BRAF Val600 mutation-positive melanoma.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-08-01. It has received 1099 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dabrafenib & Trametinib.

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Updates and challenges on treatment with BRAF/MEK-inhibitors in melanoma.

TL;DR: Although BRAF targeted therapy remains an effective treatment for BRAF-mutant for melanoma, ongoing trials are exploring combinations with other targeted therapeutics and immunotherapeutics to determine whether tumor responses can be prolonged.
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Characterization and Outcomes of Disease Progression in 52 Patients Treated with BRAF-V600 + MEK Inhibitors for Advanced Melanoma.

TL;DR: For patients treated with BRAF-V600 + MEK inhibitors who lose response, disease progression was aggressive and had poor outcomes, most patients had CNS metastases and low rates of therapeutic response to any subsequent therapy.
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The Era of Checkpoint Inhibition: Lessons Learned from Melanoma.

TL;DR: Strong efforts are now directed toward the understanding of therapy resistance, the identification of biomarkers predicting therapy response, and the development of alternative PD-1-based combination treatment to improve patient outcomes.
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Systemic Therapy for Primary Liver Tumors: Cholangiocarcinoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

TL;DR: In the past decade, there has been significant progress in the treatment of primary liver cancer, including the introduction of molecular targeted therapeutics and immunotherapy approaches.
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Recent advances in the management of cutaneous malignant melanoma: our case cohort.

TL;DR: The latest systemic therapy for metastatic disease of the head and neck, including cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and target therapy, and its benefits and shortfalls are discussed.
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A multiple testing procedure for clinical trials.

TL;DR: The overall size of the procedure is shown to be controlled with virtually the same accuracy as the single sample chi-square test based on N(m1 + m2) observations and the power is found to bevirtually the same.
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