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Are there data for treating patients with metastatic NSCLC with BRAF nonV600E mutations with BRAF and MEK inhibitors?

Are there any data regarding response to checkpoint inhibitors for these patients?
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Medical Oncology · Indiana University School of Medicine
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There is limited data on the efficacy of RAF and MEK inhibitors in the treatment of patients with lung adenocarcinoma that harbor a BRAF non-V600E mutation. Published series of small numbers of patients suggest that Dabrafenib, Vemurafenib, and Trametinib are less active in this patient population c...

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Medical Oncology · Inova-University of Virginia
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Braf inhibitors were less effective in this patient population compared to those whose tumors harbor BRAF V600E mutations in the two main studies that focused on Braf NSCLC.

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