Successful treatment with avapritinib in patient with mucosal metastatic melanoma

Metastatic vulvar melanoma is a rare and aggressive disease and survival is usually poor. Vulvar melanomas harbor BRAF V600 mutations only infrequently; consequently, target therapy is a rare therapeutic option and immunotherapy usually has only a weak effect. On the other hand, KIT mutations are ra...

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Main Authors: Emilia Cocorocchio, Laura Pala, Fabio Conforti, Elena Guerini-Rocco, Tommaso De Pas, Pier Francesco Ferrucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1758835920946158