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PLX4032 May Clear Path for Individualized Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma
PLX4032 May Clear Path for Individualized Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma
MG Sullivan
20100720
2010 Aug 20
Elsevier Global Medical News
PLX4032 May Clear Path for Individualized Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Aug 20, MG Sullivan
Chicago -- A drug that targets metastatic melanoma with mutations in the BRAF oncogene may be the first step on a path to individualized chemotherapy for patients with these formerly untreatable cancers. "We are rapidly unraveling the molecular underpinnings of these tumors, and discovering the mechanisms by which they drive melanoma growth. These insights allow us to develop and select drugs on the basis of every patient's individual genome," Dr. Hensin Tsao said at the American Academy of Dermatology's...