Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Tumor homogeneity between primary and metastatic sites for BRAF status in metastatic melanoma determined by immunohistochemical and molecular testing. 23976959 2013
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Selumetinib plus dacarbazine versus placebo plus dacarbazine as first-line treatment for BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma: a phase 2 double-blind randomised study. 23735514 2013
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Compared with vemurafenib, dabrafenib is a more recent BRAF inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration in May 2013 for metastatic melanoma; fewer data are available in the current literature regarding cutaneous toxicity. 27624900 2017
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Although cAMP elevation did not alter the sensitivity of metastatic melanoma cells to BRAF(V600E) and MEK inhibitors, the EPAC-RAP1 axis appears to contribute to resistance to MAPK pathway inhibition. 28851815 2017
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This phase Ib study (ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01656642 ) evaluated the safety and anti-tumor activity of combining atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1) with vemurafenib (BRAF inhibitor), or cobimetinib (MEK inhibitor) + vemurafenib, in patients with BRAF<sup>V600</sup>-mutated metastatic melanoma. 31171876 2019
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We report a patient with BRAF mutant metastatic melanoma treated with the BRAFi/MEKi combination therapy who developed an acneiform eruption after treatment discontinuation rather than during active therapy. 24922191 2014
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We present the case of a 67 year old Caucasian male that was initially treated with BRAF inhibitors followed by anti-CTLA4 and then anti-PD1 immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma but later developed colorectal cancer. 31727009 2019
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We describe peripheral blood smear, bone marrow morphology, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, including BRAF V600E, and molecular testing results of patients with metastatic melanoma to the bone marrow. 31112348 2019
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Vemurafenib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of BRAF that prolongs survival in patients with BRAF V600-mutant metastatic melanoma. 24946815 2014
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The purpose of this paper is to make evidence-based recommendations to facilitate the implementation of BRAF mutation testing and targeted therapy in patients with metastatic melanoma in the U.K. 23360189 2013
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A total of 48 patients (24 male, 24 female) with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma received dabrafenib and trametinib; median age was 48 years (range 23-75). 27470608 2016
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Taken together, our findings support the concept that triple therapy directed against BRAF/MEK/ErbB3 may be able to provide durable control of BRAF mutated metastatic melanoma. 26208478 2015
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Tissue samples obtained from EBUS TBNA are adequate to diagnose metastatic melanoma in hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes and to detect the presence or absence of mutations in the BRAF gene. 22617000 2012
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Efficacy and safety of dabrafenib-trametinib in the treatment of unresectable advanced/metastatic melanoma with BRAF-V600 mutation: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. 31664762 2019
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The interval from diagnosis of first-ever melanoma to distant metastasis was not significantly different between BRAF-mutant and BRAF wild-type patients; however, the median survival of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic melanoma was 5.7 months for BRAF-mutant patients not treated with a BRAF inhibitor, 8.5 months for BRAF wild-type patients, and not reached for BRAF-mutant patients treated with a BRAF inhibitor. 21343559 2011
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Conclusion This 5-year analysis represents the longest follow-up to date with BRAF + MEK inhibitor combination therapy in BRAF V600-mutant MM. 28991513 2018
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A phase I, randomized, open-label study of the multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of vemurafenib in patients with BRAF V600E mutation-positive metastatic melanoma. 24178368 2014
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors is a standard therapeutic option for patients with metastatic melanoma with BRAF-mutated tumors. 30383722 2019
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In contrast to metastatic melanoma, BRAF inhibition alone or in combination with mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitors has shown little utility in the treatment of BRAF V600E-mutant mCRC. 31840683 2019
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE For the treatment of metastatic melanoma, Vemurafenib is recommended for patients with BRAF V600 activating mutations. 24969466 2014
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE BRAF(V600E) and NRAS(Q61L/Q61R) mutation analysis in metastatic melanoma using immunohistochemistry: a study of 754 cases highlighting potential pitfalls and guidelines for interpretation and reporting. 27151331 2016
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Control of BRAF(V600E) metastatic melanoma by BRAF inhibitor (BRAF-I) is limited by intrinsic and acquired resistance. 24732172 2014
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We assessed vemurafenib in patients with advanced metastatic melanoma with BRAF(V600) mutations who had few treatment options. 24582505 2014
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The development of BRAF kinase inhibitors as targeted treatments for patients with BRAF-mutant tumours contributed profoundly to an improved overall survival of patients with metastatic melanoma. 28408301 2017
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of the BRAF kinase inhibitor vemurafenib (PLX4032) have shown response rates of more than 50% in patients with metastatic melanoma with the BRAF V600E mutation. 21639808 2011