Impressive Rapid Complete Response on FDG PET/CT to BRAF Inhibitors in a Metastatic Melanoma With Massive Tumor Burden

Clin Nucl Med. 2022 Feb 1;47(2):e180-e181. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003922.

Abstract

Recent advances in the development of innovative treatments for MM (metastatic melanoma) significantly improved survival. BRAF inhibitor-targeted therapies are also indicated in stage IV BRAF-mutant melanoma, especially dabrafenib and trametinib in combination. The authors present here an impressive rapid (1 month) complete metabolic response on FDG PET/CT to BRAF inhibitors of an MM with a massive tumor burden estimated at more than 10 kg.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Melanoma* / drug therapy
  • Oximes / therapeutic use
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
  • Pyridones / therapeutic use
  • Pyrimidinones / therapeutic use
  • Skin Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Tumor Burden

Substances

  • Oximes
  • Pyridones
  • Pyrimidinones
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • BRAF protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf