Inhibition of Mutated, Activated BRAF in Metastatic Melanoma

Flaherty et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6bfdbfca0359822aa831e — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1002011

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