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Melanoma/Skin Cancer
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Medical Oncology
How do you manage dabrafenib fever?
Decrease the dose? Treatment break? Steroids?
Medical Oncologist
Tough problem to manage. I've tried numerous strategies with unpredictable success. Prednisone 5mg BID usually works if you want to keep full dose. Otherwise, a dose delay and likely reduction of dab will be necessary.
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