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ReviewClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2019

Developments in the Space of New MAPK Pathway Inhibitors for BRAF-Mutant Melanoma.

Justine V Cohen, Ryan J Sullivan

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Review in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Justine V CohenDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Center for Melanoma, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ryan J SullivanDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Center for Melanoma, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. rsullivan7@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Promoting Bim-driven apoptosis through MAPK inhibition: A therapeutic strategy in advanced melanomaR01CA193970 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MEHNERT, JANICE M., SULLIVAN, RYAN J · 2016 to 2020
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The characterization of the MAPK signaling pathway has led to the development of multiple promising targeted therapy options for a subset of patients with metastatic melanoma. The combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors represents an FDA-approved standard of care in patients with metastatic and resected BRAF-mutated melanoma. There are currently three FDA-approved BRAF/MEK inhibitor combinations for the treatment of patients with BRAF-mutated melanoma. Although there have been significant advances in the field of targeted therapy, further exploration of new targets within the MAPK pathway will strengthen therapeutic options for patients. Important clinical and translational research focuses on mechanisms of resistance, predictive biomarkers, and challenging patient populations such as those with brain metastases or resected melanoma.

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MutationAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMelanomaMolecular Targeted TherapyProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSkin NeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorBRAF protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

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PMID30992297
PMCPMC6774830

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