Abstract
Conjunctival melanoma is a rare primary ocular tumor. So far, no standard treatment exists formetastatic disease. Similarly to cutaneousmelanoma, up to 50%of conjunctival melanomas harbor BRAF mutations. The most common is represented by V600E. Combined therapy with BRAF and MEK inhibitors is approved for BRAF mutant cutaneous metastatic melanomas. Herein, we report a case of a 70-years old patient with a metastatic conjunctival melanoma harboring V600E BRAF mutation successfully treated with dabrafenib and trametinib.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 1-5 |
Numero di pagine | 5 |
Rivista | Frontiers in Oncology |
Volume | 9 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2019 |
Keywords
- BRAF
- conjunctival