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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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BRAF and KRAS mutations in metastatic colorectal cancer: future perspectives for personalized therapy.

TL;DR: This review focuses on BRAF andKRAS mutations to understand the mechanisms underlying resistance and improving the response rate, outcomes, and prognosis of patients with mCRC bearing these mutations and to discuss prospective personalized therapies for BRAF- and KRAS-mutant mC CRC.
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Towards therapeutic advances in melanoma management: An overview.

TL;DR: A better understanding of genetics and epigenetics of initiation and progression of melanoma is needed for the identification of novel biomarkers and development of targeted therapeutics against melanoma.
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Frontline Therapy for BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Melanoma: How Do You Choose, and Is There One Correct Answer?

TL;DR: The utility and reliability of biomarkers in determining therapy for patients with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma are discussed and combination immunotherapy with targeted therapy versus sequential immunotherapy/targeted therapy as well as which regimen should be implemented as initial therapy is discussed.
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Encorafenib in combination with binimetinib for unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF mutations.

TL;DR: Patients with advanced BRAF mutation-positive melanoma treated with encorafenib plus binimetinib achieved a median OS of 33.6 months in the phase III COLUMBUS trial, and seems likely to emerge as a valuable therapeutic alternative to established BRAF/MEK inhibitor combinations.
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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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