KIT as a therapeutic target in metastatic melanoma.

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Published in JAMA on June 08, 2011

Authors

Richard D Carvajal1, Cristina R Antonescu, Jedd D Wolchok, Paul B Chapman, Ruth-Ann Roman, Jerrold Teitcher, Katherine S Panageas, Klaus J Busam, Bartosz Chmielowski, Jose Lutzky, Anna C Pavlick, Anne Fusco, Lauren Cane, Naoko Takebe, Swapna Vemula, Nancy Bouvier, Boris C Bastian, Gary K Schwartz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA. carvajar@mskcc.org

Associated clinical trials:

Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery | NCT00470470

The Oncopanel Pilot (TOP) Study | NCT02171286

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