Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22945644›Full record

ReviewOncogene2013

MAP kinase signaling and inhibition in melanoma.

R J Sullivan, K Flaherty

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Review in Oncogene, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
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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

70 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Correlation of somatic mutations and clinical outcome in melanoma patients treated with Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and sorafenib.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2014
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  6. Cutaneous melanoma.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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  19. Exosome application in tumorigenesis: diagnosis and treatment of melanoma.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

R J SullivanMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
K Flaherty

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is critical to oncogenic signaling in the majority of patients with malignant melanoma. Driver mutations in both NRAS and BRAF have important implications for prognosis and treatment. The development of inhibitors to mediators of the MAPK pathway, including those to CRAF, BRAF, and MEK, has led to major advances in the treatment of patients with melanoma. In particular, the selective BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib has been shown to improve overall survival in patients with tumors harboring BRAF mutations. However, the duration of benefit is limited in many patients and highlights the need for understanding the limitations of therapy in order to devise more effective strategies. MEK inhibitors have proven to particularly active in BRAF mutant melanomas also. Emerging knowledge about mechanisms of resistance as well as a more complete understanding of the biology of MAPK pathway signaling provides insight into rational combination regimens and sequences of molecularly targeted therapies.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMelanomaMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAF protein, humanMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

Identifiers

PMID22945644

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