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KIT as a therapeutic target in metastatic melanoma.

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JAMA2011PMID 21642685PMC3986039stubpubmedProvenance
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CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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CuratedShowing 1–1 of 1 evidence items · levels, directions and significance as curated at the source; each row links to its CIViC record.
TherapyCancerTypeLevelDirection · significanceRating (1–5)StatusEvidenceSource
KIT D820Y1
ImatinibMelanomaPredictiveCSupports Resistance3accepted
EID2886

FFPE tumor specimens from 295 melanoma patients were screened for KIT amplification and mutation. Of these, 51 patients had variants in KIT and 28 of these were treated with imatinib mesylate at 400 m… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 21642685 · Carvajal et al., 2011 · Open in CIViC

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