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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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Tumor Heterogeneity and Therapeutic Resistance.

TL;DR: Tumor heterogeneity has come to encompass more than just the clinical picture and can represent both intratumor and intertumor differences, and it is now being incorporated into routine clinical practice.
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Clinical experience with combination BRAF/MEK inhibitors for melanoma with brain metastases: a real-life multicenter study.

TL;DR: Univariate analysis of age, sex, ulceration status, thickness, stage, location, or lactate dehydrogenase did not reveal significant predictors of progression-free survival or overall survival within this cohort, but multivariate analysis suggested that older age, lower risk location of original lesion, and nodular melanoma are poor prognostic indicators.
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Targeted therapy and elderly people: A review.

TL;DR: This review assesses safety and efficacy of TT in elderly patients, principally from data of pivotal clinical trials with subgroup analysis, but elderly people represented a small percentage of the total number of patients.
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Melanoma Cell Death Mechanisms

TL;DR: The complexity in pharmacological manipulation of melanoma with c-Kit, BRAF, MEK, and/or mTOR mutant cell lines is discussed and the importance of immunomodulation though manipulation of the body's natural killing mechanisms with CTLA4, PD1, and CSF1 inhibition is recognized.
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Cutaneous Adverse Events of New Anti-melanoma Therapies: Classification and Management

TL;DR: Cutaneous adverse events of anti-melanoma therapies and its management are described, varying from more serious and frequent cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma to mere cosmetic changes such as curly hair or rare severe toxic epidermal necrolysis.
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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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