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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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Update on adjuvant melanoma therapy.

TL;DR: Systemic adjuvant treatment after complete disease resection in high-risk melanoma patients aims to increase relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) and change the landscape of the adjUvant treatment.
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Prevalence of NRAS Mutation, PD-L1 Expression and Amplification, and Overall Survival Analysis in 36 Primary Vaginal Melanomas

TL;DR: Two patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors had a satisfying outcome, signifying that the PD-L1 expression and amplification can be a possible predictive marker of clinical response, and the possible prospects of biomarkers that can be used for patient selection in clinical trials involving treatments with novel targeted therapies based on these molecular aberrations are highlighted.
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Long-term follow up of metastatic melanoma patients treated with Thymosin alpha-1: investigating immune checkpoints synergy

TL;DR: An advantage in OS in patients sequentially treated with T α1 and IPI was seen that suggests a synergistic effect, the first report on long-term follow-up of Tα1-treated patients.
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Primary oral malignant melanoma metastasis to the brain and breast: A case report and literature review.

TL;DR: The present study reports the case of a 50-year-old premenopausal woman who presented with primary oral malignant spindle cell melanoma and underwent complete surgical resection followed by an adjuvant course of radiation therapy.
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Combination therapy of BRAF inhibitors for advanced melanoma with BRAF V600 mutation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Combination therapy with BRAF inhibitors and MEK inhibitors significantly improved OS, PFS, and ORR in patients with advanced melanoma with BRAf mutation.
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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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