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Real-World Incidence of Incident Noninfectious Uveitis in Patients Treated With BRAF Inhibitors: A Nationwide Clinical Cohort Study.

Hyunjean JungSunyeup KimChristopher Seungkyu LeeSuk Ho ByeonSung Soo KimSeung Won LeeYong Joon Kim
Published in: American journal of ophthalmology (2024)
Melanoma or lung cancer patients treated with BRAF inhibitors showed significantly higher risk of noninfectious uveitis than patients treated with conventional cytotoxic drugs or ICIs. These findings emphasize the importance of pretreatment patient education on BRAF-inhibitor-associated uveitis risk to enable prompt ophthalmic evaluation and treatment if symptoms arise during drug administration.
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