Survival according to BRAF-V600 tumor mutations--an analysis of 437 patients with primary melanoma.

The prognostic impact of BRAF-V600 tumor mutations in stage I/II melanoma patients has not yet been analyzed in detail. We investigated primary tumors of 437 patients diagnosed between 1989 and 2006 by Sanger sequencing. Mutations were detected in 38.7% of patients and were associated with age, hist...

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Main Authors: Diana Meckbach, Jürgen Bauer, Annette Pflugfelder, Friedegund Meier, Christian Busch, Thomas K Eigentler, David Capper, Andreas von Deimling, Michel Mittelbronn, Sven Perner, Kristian Ikenberg, Markus Hantschke, Petra Büttner, Claus Garbe, Benjamin Weide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3901680?pdf=render