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Clinical outcome and pathological features associated with NRAS mutation in cutaneous melanoma.
Pigment cell & melanoma research - 1 Aug 2011
Devitt Bianca, Liu Wendy, Salemi Renato, Wolfe Rory, Kelly John, Tzen Chin-Yuan, Dobrovic Alexander, McArthur Grant
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The effect of NRAS mutations on the pathological features and clinical outcomes in patients with cutaneous melanoma was compared with that of tumors containing BRAF(V600E) mutations and tumors wild type for both (WT). Clinical outcome data were obtained from a prospective cohort of 249 patients. Mutations involving NRAS and BRAF(V600E) were detected by PCR and were sequence verified. Cox proportional hazards...
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