Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24455677›Full record

ReviewBioMed research international2013

Targeting brain metastases in patients with melanoma.

Dionysis Papadatos-Pastos, Aspasia Soultati, Mark Harries

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Review in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dionysis Papadatos-PastosMedical Oncology Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Aspasia SoultatiMedical Oncology Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Mark HarriesMedical Oncology Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with brain metastases from malignant melanoma historically have a very poor outcome. Surgery and radiotherapy can be used, but for the majority of patients the disease will progress quickly. In the recent past, patients with brain metastases derived only minimal benefit from cytotoxic chemotherapy. Novel therapies that have been shown to be superior to chemotherapy in metastatic melanoma have made their way in clinic and data regarding their use in patients with treated or untreated brain metastases are encouraging. In this paper we describe the use of vemurafenib, dabrafenib, and ipilimumab in patients with melanoma disseminated to the brain in addition to other treatments currently in development.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalBrain NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyHumansImidazolesIndolesIpilimumabMelanomaMutationOximesProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSkin NeoplasmsSulfonamidesVemurafenibAntibodies, MonoclonalBRAF protein, humandabrafenibImidazolesIndolesIpilimumabOximesProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSulfonamidesVemurafenib

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PMID24455677
PMCPMC3884779

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