Combination of RAF and MEK inhibition for the treatment of BRAF-mutated melanoma: feedback is not encouraged. Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In BRAF V600E melanoma patients, RAF inhibitor treatment causes a MEK-inhibitor-sensitive, RAF-inhibitor-resistant adaptive reactivation of ERK signaling. In clinical trials combining MEK and RAF inhibitors, therapeutic efficacy was modestly enhanced, suggesting the utility of inhibiting feedback-reactivated pathways. Strategies for optimally inhibiting ERK signaling should be explored.

publication date

  • November 10, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases
  • Melanoma
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84912065268

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.10.017

PubMed ID

  • 25517746

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 5