| Literature DB >> 26503563 |
Devin C Flaherty1, Brianna W Hoffner2, Briana J Lau1, Omid Hamid1,2, Mark B Faries1.
Abstract
A middle-aged female with metastatic melanoma was found to have hemoperitoneum after starting systemic therapy with the BRAF and MEK inhibitors dabrafenib and trametinib. Etiology proved to be bleeding from a known hepatic metastasis. The patient was managed conservatively and eventually resumed systemic therapy with ongoing response. This case serves to illustrate the possible deleterious effects of rapid tumor response after initiation of targeted systemic therapy in patients with metastatic melanoma.Entities:
Keywords: BRAF; MEK; dabrafenib; trametinib
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26503563 PMCID: PMC4976480 DOI: 10.1002/jso.24078
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Surg Oncol ISSN: 0022-4790 Impact factor: 3.454