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Goyal, Gaurav

0000-0001-5949-7961

Mayo Clinic

Department of Research Collaborator (limited-tenure), on behalf of the Mayo Clinic Histiocytosis Working Group Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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Efficacy of BRAF-Inhibitor Therapy in BRAF V600E-Mutated Adult Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

The Oncologist | September 28, 2020 | Volume: 25 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 1001-1004

10.1002/onco.13541 | PMID 32985015

Abstract Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare histiocytic neoplasm. To date, there is a lack of U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved treatments in adult LCH to establish optimal first-line therapy. We conducted a retrospective, single-center case series evaluating the use of BRAF inhibitors in adult patients with BRAFV600E- LCH proven by biopsy. Our case series is the first to report the use of BRAF inhibitors as first-line therapy in adults with LCH. We also report the efficacy with single-agent dabrafenib in adult LCH. All but one of our patients had favorable response to targeted therapy.