Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibition versus BRAF Inhibition Alone in Melanoma
Author(s) -
Georgina V. Long,
Daniil Stroyakovskiy,
Helen Gogas,
E. Levchenko,
Filippo de Braud,
James Larkin,
Claus Garbe,
Thomas Jouary,
Axel Hauschild,
JeanJacques Grob,
Vanna ChiarionSileni,
Célèste Lebbé,
Mario Mandalà,
Michael Millward,
Ana Arance,
Igor Bondarenko,
John B.A.G. Haanen,
Johan Hansson,
Jochen Utikal,
Virginia Ferraresi,
Н. В. Коваленко,
Peter Mohr,
Volodymyr Probachai,
Dirk Schadendorf,
Paul Nathan,
Caroline Robert,
Antoni Ribas,
Douglas J. DeMarini,
Jhangir G Irani,
Michelle Casey,
Danièle Ouellet,
AnneMarie Martin,
Ngocdiep T. Le,
Kiran Patel,
Keith T. Flaherty
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1406037
Subject(s) - dabrafenib , trametinib , medicine , hazard ratio , melanoma , oncology , clinical endpoint , adverse effect , vemurafenib , interim analysis , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , cancer research , mapk/erk pathway , biology , metastatic melanoma , kinase , microbiology and biotechnology
Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition, as compared with BRAF inhibition alone, delays the emergence of resistance and reduces toxic effects in patients who have melanoma with BRAF V600E or V600K mutations.
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