HEALTH
Does Dabrafenib-Trametinib Improve Survival in Melanoma?
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TOPLINE: In patients with resected stage III melanoma, adjuvant therapy with dabrafenib plus trametinib reduces the risk for death by 20% compared with placebo, though the overall survival benefit does not reach statistical significance. The combination lowers the risk for death by a greater degree — 25% — in patients with a BRAF V600E mutation…