2014
Rare SF3B1 R625 mutations in cutaneous melanoma
Kong Y, Krauthammer M, Halaban R. Rare SF3B1 R625 mutations in cutaneous melanoma. Melanoma Research 2014, 24: 332-334. PMID: 24709888, PMCID: PMC4101881, DOI: 10.1097/cmr.0000000000000071.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Preexisting MEK1 Exon 3 Mutations in V600E/KBRAF Melanomas Do Not Confer Resistance to BRAF Inhibitors
Shi H, Moriceau G, Kong X, Koya RC, Nazarian R, Pupo GM, Bacchiocchi A, Dahlman KB, Chmielowski B, Sosman JA, Halaban R, Kefford RF, Long GV, Ribas A, Lo RS. Preexisting MEK1 Exon 3 Mutations in V600E/KBRAF Melanomas Do Not Confer Resistance to BRAF Inhibitors. Cancer Discovery 2012, 2: 414-424. PMID: 22588879, PMCID: PMC3594852, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-12-0022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBRAF inhibitorsActivating mutationsObjective tumor responseMEK1/2 inhibitorMEK1 mutationsP-ERK1/2 levelsBRAF-mutant melanomaMelanoma cell linesAdvanced melanomaAntitumor responseExon 3 mutationsTumor responseDisease progressionMelanomaBRAFi resistanceDrug sensitivitySignificant alterationsPatientsCell linesInhibitorsBaselineMutationsExon 3Widespread use