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ReviewESMO open2019

Tolerability of BRAF/MEK inhibitor combinations: adverse event evaluation and management.

Lucie Heinzerling, Thomas K Eigentler, Michael Fluck, Jessica C Hassel, Daniela Heller-Schenck, Jan Leipe, Matthias Pauschinger, Arndt Vogel, Lisa Zimmer, Ralf Gutzmer

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Review in ESMO open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
116citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

116 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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56 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

10 authors.

Lucie HeinzerlingDepartment of Dermatology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Thomas K EigentlerDepartment of Dermatology, Center for Dermatooncology, University Medical Center Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Michael FluckDepartment of Internal Medicine, Fachklinik Hornheide, Münster, Germany.
Jessica C HasselDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Daniela Heller-SchenckMVZ Augenärzte am Kröpcke, Hannover, Germany.
Jan LeipeDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Matthias PauschingerDepartment of Cardiology, Klinikum Nürnberg Süd, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany.
Arndt VogelGastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Lisa ZimmerDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital, University Essen-Duisburg, Essen, Germany.
Ralf GutzmerDepartment of Dermatology, Skin Cancer Center Hannover, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7921-2820

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inhibition of the mitogen-activated protein kinases signalling pathway through combined use of BRAF and MEK inhibitors (BRAFi+MEKi) represents an established therapeutic option in patients with

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adverse eventsBRAFMEKmelanomasafety

Identifiers

PMID31231568
PMCPMC6555610

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