Neoplastic leptomeningitis presenting in a melanoma patient treated with dabrafenib (a V600EBRAF inhibitor): a case report.

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Published in J Med Case Rep on May 17, 2012

Authors

Ester Simeone1, Eleonora De Maio, Fabio Sandomenico, Franco Fulciniti, Secondo Lastoria, Pasquale Aprea, Stefania Staibano, Vincenzo Montesarchio, Giuseppe Palmieri, Nicola Mozzillo, Paolo A Ascierto

Author Affiliations

1: Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione "G, Pascale", Napoli, Italy. paolo.ascierto@gmail.com.

Associated clinical trials:

A Study of GSK2118436 in BRAF Mutant Metastatic Melanoma to the Brain (Break MB) | NCT01266967

A Study of Vemurafenib in Metastatic Melanoma Participants With Brain Metastases | NCT01378975

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