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ReviewBioscience reports2012

Targeted inhibition of BRAF kinase: opportunities and challenges for therapeutics in melanoma.

Rolando Pérez-Lorenzo, Bin Zheng

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Review in Bioscience reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Phenformin enhances the therapeutic benefit of BRAF(V600E) inhibition in melanoma.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rolando Pérez-LorenzoInstitute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Bin Zheng
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

Regulation of LKB1 and AMPK Signaling by BRAF in MelanomaR00CA133245 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ZHENG, BIN · 2010 to 2012
$732k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA133245NCI NIH HHS R00-CA133245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and its incidence has increased dramatically in the last two decades. Even with a high rate of success in the treatment of early stages of this malignancy, currently there are no effective strategies for the treatment of advanced metastatic melanoma. Much effort has been put into the use of different target-specific drugs, among which BRAF kinase-specific small-molecule inhibitors have rendered promising results as therapeutic agents in metastatic melanoma. Nonetheless, some side effects, such as development of SCC (squamous cell carcinoma), as well as tumour resistance and recurrence, are common limitations of this therapeutic strategy. The use of combination treatments in which different regulatory pathways or the immunological response are targeted seems to be a promising tool for the future success of melanoma therapeutics.

Indexed as

AnimalsClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyDisease Models, AnimalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMelanomaProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAF protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

Identifiers

PMID21981139
PMCPMC3837566
OpenAlexW2058403824

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Registered trials

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