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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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Detrimental effects of melanocortin‐1 receptor (MC1R) variants on the clinical outcomes of BRAF V600 metastatic melanoma patients treated with BRAF inhibitors

TL;DR: The MC1R status was studied in a cohort of 53 consecutive BRAF‐mutated patients with MM treated with BRAFi and the effect of vemurafenib in four V600BRAF melanoma cell lines with/withoutMC1R variants was evaluated.
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Next-generation sequencing in thyroid cancers: do targetable alterations lead to a therapeutic advantage?: A multicenter experience.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed all patients with radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancers (IRTCs) and anaplastic tumors (ATCs) who underwent commercially available NGS in 3 cancer centers.
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Combined therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib in BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma in a real-life setting: the INT Milan experience.

TL;DR: The data from BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma patients treated with daily oral dabrafenib 300 mg and trametinib 2 mg are in line with the scientific literature in terms of both safety and effectiveness in a real-life setting.
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The incidence and risk of cutaneous toxicities associated with dabrafenib in melanoma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: The meta-analysis showed that the most frequent cutaneous adverse reactions from dabrafenib were rash, cSCC, alopecia, KA, HK and pruritus, and there was a significantly decreased risk of cS CC, alOPecia and HK with the combination of dabrafonib with trametinib versus dabrafanib alone.
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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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