Successful use of dabrafenib after the occurrence of drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) induced by vemurafenib
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DRESS: drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms INTRODUCTION Vemurafenib and dabrafenib are 2 BRAF inhibitors that are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma with BRAF mutation. These drugs improve overalland progression-free survival. Some severe vemurafenib-induced reactions have been reported, which commonly require treatment withdrawal. We report the case of a patient with metastatic malignant melanoma in whom DRESS developed likely from vemurafenib. Because the patient did not respond tomany previous treatments, dabrafenib, another BRAF inhibitor, was started without reoccurrence of DRESS.
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