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ReviewCancers2023

BRAF Inhibitors in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and Mechanisms of Resistance: A Review of the Literature.

Patricia Guerrero, Víctor Albarrán, María San Román, Carlos González-Merino, Coral García de Quevedo, Jaime Moreno, Juan Carlos Calvo, Guillermo González, Inmaculada Orejana, Jesús Chamorro and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. CDK9 inhibition sensitizes intrinsically resistantActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2026
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  6. Mechanisms and Strategies to Overcome Drug Resistance in Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Obesity-Associated Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
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  11. Treatment sequencing in metastatic colorectal cancer.Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland) · 2024
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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

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patricia GuerreroDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Víctor AlbarránDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
María San RománDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Carlos González-MerinoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Coral García de QuevedoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1342-9653
Jaime MorenoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Juan Carlos CalvoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7179-5363
Guillermo GonzálezDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Inmaculada OrejanaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Jesús ChamorroDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Íñigo Martínez-DelfradeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7574-8991
Blanca MorónDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Belén de FrutosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
María Reyes FerreiroDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9055-8152
Instituto Cajal · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with mutated BRAF exhibits distinct biological and molecular features that set it apart from other subtypes of CRC. Current standard treatment for these tumors involves a combination of chemotherapy (CT) and VEGF inhibitors. Recently, targeted therapy against BRAF and immunotherapy (IT) for cases with microsatellite instability (MSI) have been integrated into clinical practice. While targeted therapy has shown promising results, resistance to treatment eventually develops in a significant portion of responsive patients. This article aims to review the available literature on mechanisms of resistance to BRAF inhibitors (BRAFis) and potential therapeutic strategies to overcome them.

Indexed as

BRAFcolorectal cancerinhibitorsresistance

Identifiers

PMID37958416
PMCPMC10649848
OpenAlexW4388041706

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