US skin cancer OK

June 7, 2013

THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), for the treatment of patients with non-resectable melanoma. Tafinlar is a BRAF inhibitor and Mekinist is a MEK inhibitor, with both approvals for patients with particular gene mutations. The approval comes along with a genetic test called the THxID BRAF test, which detects the V600E or V600K mutation in the BRAF gene. Melanoma is the leading cause of death from skin disease, with about half of melanomas arising in the skin having a BRAF gene mutation.

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US skin cancer OK

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