BRAF in Melanoma: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Inhibition, and Resistance.

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Published in J Skin Cancer on November 17, 2011

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Ryan J Sullivan1, Keith T Flaherty

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1: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

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