Pharmacodynamic Characterization of the Efficacy Signals Due to Selective BRAF Inhibition with PLX4032 in Malignant Melanoma

PURPOSE: About 65% to 70% of melanomas harbor a mutation in v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) that causes the steady-state activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). We sought to investigate the efficacy of PLX4032 (BRAF inhibitor) to identify patterns/predictors...

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Main Authors: William D. Tap, Ke-Wei Gong, Judy Daring, Yiou Tseng, Charles Ginther, Giovanni Pauletti, John A. Glaspy, Richard Essner, Gideon Bollag, Peter Hirth, Chao Zhang, Dennis J. Slamon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-08-01
Series:Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147655861080065X