Tissue-agnostic activity of BRAF plus MEK inhibitor in BRAF V600–mutant tumors

JJ Adashek, AK Menta, NK Reddy, AP Desai… - Molecular cancer …, 2022 - AACR
BRAF plus MEK inhibitor combinations are currently FDA-approved for melanoma, non–
small cell lung cancer, and anaplastic thyroid cancer. The lack of clinical benefit with BRAF …

Defining and targeting BRAF mutations in solid tumors

BR Halle, DB Johnson - Current Treatment Options in Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Opinion Statement BRAF mutations are present in up to 8% of human cancers, and
comprise a viable therapeutic target in many patients harboring these mutations. Specific …

Expanding the Benefit: Dabrafenib/Trametinib as Tissue-Agnostic Therapy for BRAF V600E–Positive Adult and Pediatric Solid Tumors

MA Gouda, V Subbiah - American Society of Clinical Oncology …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
The recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the dabrafenib/trametinib
combination as a tissue-agnostic treatment for solid tumors with BRAF V600E mutation is the …

[HTML][HTML] Precision oncology for BRAF-mutant cancers with BRAF and MEK inhibitors: from melanoma to tissue-agnostic therapy

MA Gouda, V Subbiah - ESMO open, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•BRAF alterations lead to unbridled activation of the MAPK pathway which can
result in cancer development and progression.•BRAF and MEK inhibitors led to paradigm …

BRAF—A tumour-agnostic drug target with lineage-specific dependencies

AJ Hanrahan, Z Chen, N Rosen, DB Solit - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2024 - nature.com
In June 2022, the FDA granted Accelerated Approval to the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib in
combination with the MEK inhibitor trametinib for the treatment of adult and paediatric …

Phase 1-2 trial of the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib (D) plus MEK inhibitor trametinib (T) in BRAF V600 mutant colorectal cancer (CRC): Updated efficacy and biomarker …

RB Corcoran, CE Atreya, GS Falchook, JR Infante… - 2014 - ascopubs.org
3517 Background: BRAF V600 mutations occur in 5-15% of metastatic CRC and predict
poor prognosis. Although highly effective in BRAF mutant melanoma, BRAF inhibitor …

Pan-Cancer Efficacy of Vemurafenib in BRAFV600-Mutant Non-Melanoma Cancers

V Subbiah, I Puzanov, JY Blay, I Chau, AC Lockhart… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
BRAF V600 mutations occur in a wide range of tumor types, and RAF inhibition has become
standard in several of these cancers. Despite this progress, BRAF V600 mutations have …

BRAF Inhibitor–Driven Tumor Proliferation in a KRAS-Mutated Colon Carcinoma Is Not Overcome by MEK1/2 Inhibition

MC Andrews, A Behren, F Chionh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
Discussion Activating mutations in BRAF codon 600 are central drivers in aberrant
constitutive mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity and have been identified in …

BGB-283, a Novel RAF Kinase and EGFR Inhibitor, Displays Potent Antitumor Activity in BRAF-Mutated Colorectal Cancers

Z Tang, X Yuan, R Du, SH Cheung, G Zhang… - Molecular cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Oncogenic BRAF, which drives cell transformation and proliferation, has been detected in
approximately 50% of human malignant melanomas and 5% to 15% of colorectal cancers …

Molecular pathways and mechanisms of BRAF in cancer therapy

PI Poulikakos, RJ Sullivan, R Yaeger - Clinical Cancer Research, 2022 - AACR
With the identification of activating mutations in BRAF across a wide variety of malignancies,
substantial effort was placed in designing safe and effective therapeutic strategies to target …