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Dramatic response to radiotherapy combined with vemurafenib. Is vemurafenib a radiosensitizer?

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Institute Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, 94800, Villejuif, France

    Barouyr Baroudjian, Lise Boussemart, Emilie Routier, Alexander Eggermont, Christine Mateus & Caroline Robert

  2. INSERM U981, Institute Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, 94800, Villejuif, France

    Lise Boussemart, Stephan Vagner & Caroline Robert

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, 94800, Villejuif, France

    Yungan Tao, Eric Deutsch, Pierre Blanchard & Frédéric Dhermain

  4. Department of Radiology, Institute Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, 94800, Villejuif, France

    Laurence Vilcot

  5. Dermatology Clinic, Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France

    Brigitte Dréno

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Baroudjian, B., Boussemart, L., Routier, E. et al. Dramatic response to radiotherapy combined with vemurafenib. Is vemurafenib a radiosensitizer?. Eur J Dermatol 24, 265–267 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2014.2300

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