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Absence of V599E <i>BRAF</i> mutations in desmoplastic melanomas
7 Jan 2005
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BACKGROUND: Desmoplastic melanoma is an uncommon variant of cutaneous melanoma that mimics soft tissue sarcoma both clinically and morphologically. An activating point mutation of the BRAF oncogene has been identified in a high proportion of conventional cutaneous melanomas, but its frequency in the desmoplastic subtype is not known. METHODS: The authors tested 12 desmoplastic melanoma specimens for the thymine...
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