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Frequency and spectrum of BRAF mutations in a retrospective, single-institution study of 1112 cases of melanoma.
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD - 1 Mar 2013
Greaves Wesley O, Verma Shalini, Patel Keyur P, Davies Michael A, Barkoh Bedia A, Galbincea John M, Yao Hui, Lazar Alexander J, Aldape Kenneth D, Medeiros L Jeffrey, Luthra Rajyalakshmi
Abstract excerpt
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vemurafenib to treat patients with metastatic melanoma harboring the BRAF c.1799T>A (p.V600E) mutation. However, a subset of melanomas harbor non-p.V600E BRAF mutations, and these data are of potential importance regarding the efficacy of current targeted therapies. To better understand the BRAF mutation profile in melanomas, we retrospectively analyzed data from...
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