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Discovery of a selective inhibitor of oncogenic B-Raf kinase with potent antimelanoma activity.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A2008PMID 18287029PMC2268581stubpubmedProvenance
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CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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CuratedShowing 1–2 of 2 evidence items · levels, directions and significance as curated at the source; each row links to its CIViC record.
TherapyCancerTypeLevelDirection · significanceRating (1–5)StatusEvidenceSource
BRAF V600D1
VemurafenibMelanomaPredictiveDSupports Sensitivity Response3accepted
EID4488

In an in vitro study, WM2664, a BRAF V600D expressing cell line, demonstrated improved sensitivity to vemurafenib treatment, compared to BRAF wild-type expressing cells. Sensitivity was determined by … (full text at CIViC)

PMID 18287029 · Tsai et al., 2008 · Open in CIViC

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BRAF V600E1
VemurafenibMelanomaPredictiveDSupports Sensitivity Response2submitted
EID3751

In an in vitro study, BRAF V600E expressing cell lines (COLO205, A375 and COLO829) demonstrated improved sensitivity to vemurafenib treatment, compared to BRAF wild-type expressing cells. Sensitivity … (full text at CIViC)

PMID 18287029 · Tsai et al., 2008 · Open in CIViC

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