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ArticleDrugs in context2019

Onset of vitiligo following targeted therapy for BRAF

Sonia Brugnara, Mariacristina Sicher, Elena Maria Bonandini, Mattia Barbareschi, Carlo Renè Girardelli, Orazio Caffo

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Article in Drugs in context, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonia BrugnaraOncology Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Mariacristina SicherDermatology Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Elena Maria BonandiniPathology Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Mattia BarbareschiPathology Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Carlo Renè GirardelliDermatology Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Orazio CaffoOncology Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Ospedale Santa Chiara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic treatment for metastatic melanoma has advanced dramatically in recent years with an impressive increase in the rate of overall survival. The two main different strategies are targeted therapies (i.e. BRAF and MEK inhibitors) and immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies against the immune checkpoint proteins programmed death-1 (PD-1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4). Vitiligo often accompanies immunotherapy in melanoma patients and even correlates with tumor regression after checkpoint blockade. At present, a correlation between vitiligo onset and outcome from immunotherapy is acknowledged; however, evidence of a correlation between vitiligo and efficacy of combination-targeted therapy is lacking. We describe our experience in a patient who received dabrafenib and trametinib and developed vitiligo-like depigmentation after treatment cessation.

Indexed as

BRAFimmune system activationMEKmelanomatargeted therapyV600E mutationvitiligo

Identifiers

PMID32158480
PMCPMC7048152
OpenAlexW2995026205

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