LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Success of Trametinib in the Treatment of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis With Novel MAPK Pathway Mutations.

Photo from wikipedia

Approximately a third of patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) experience recurrence of disease. Genomic analysis has revealed that this condition is often driven by oncogenic mutations in the MAP… Click to show full abstract

Approximately a third of patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) experience recurrence of disease. Genomic analysis has revealed that this condition is often driven by oncogenic mutations in the MAP kinase (MAPK) pathway, and agents that target components of this pathway have been explored as a second-line treatment for LCH. Here, we examine 2 pediatric patients with LCH and confirmed but rarely reported MAPK pathway mutations treated with trametinib, a MAP2K inhibitor approved to treat several cancers with a BRAFV600E mutation. Each patient achieved or maintained complete resolution of disease and remain on the drug with no adverse effects.

Keywords: langerhans cell; pathway mutations; mapk pathway; pathway; cell histiocytosis

Journal Title: Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.