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. 2018 Feb 13;118(6):785–792. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.489

Table 3. Adverse events of patients treated with BRAF inhibitor in combination with radiotherapy.

  Concomitant vemurafenib (n=59) Interrupted vemurafenib (n=51) Concomitant dabrafenib (n=28) Interrupted dabrafenib (n=17)
Radiation dermatitis
 1° 11 (19%) 6 (12%) 4 (14%) 2 (12%)
 2° 15 (25%) 6 (12%) 4 (14%) 0
 3° 6 (10%) 1 (2%) 2 (7%) 0
Other adverse events
Follicular cystic proliferation 10 (17%)a 0 0 0
Hearing disorder 4 (7%) 0 0 0
Dysphagia 2 (3%) 0 0 0
Hyperpigmentation 1 (2%) 3 (6%) 0 0
Impaired wound healing 1 (2%) 0 1 (4%) 0
Haemorrhagic intracranial metastasis 1 (2%) 0 1 (4%) 0
Pneumonitis 1 (2%) 0 1 (4%) 0
Othersa 3 (5%)b 1 (2%)c 0 1 (6%)d

Adverse events appearing in more than one patient in the entire cohort are listed in the table while adverse events occurring in only one patient are summarised in ‘Others’.

a

Includes one case of cutis verticis gyrate-like toxicity as the maximal form of follicular cystic proliferation.

b

One case each of cardiac insufficiency, hand-food syndrome and taste disorder

c

Radiation recall dermatitis

d

Pruritus.