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Mutation analysis of BRAF and KIT in circulating melanoma cells at the single cell level.
British journal of cancer - 28 Feb 2012
Sakaizawa K, Goto Y, Kiniwa Y, Uchiyama A, Harada K, Shimada S, Saida T, Ferrone S, Takata M, Uhara H, Okuyama R
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BACKGROUND: The availability of molecular-targeted therapies for the treatment of melanoma has emphasised the need to identify mutations in target genes such as BRAF and KIT. Circulating tumour cells (CTC) are present in the peripheral blood of a significant proportion of cancer patients. METHODS...
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