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Skin metastases in metastatic uveal melanoma: GNAQ/GNA11 mutational analysis as a valuable tool.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jul 2013
Tsianakas A, Böhm M R R, Getova V, Metze D, Eter N, Spieker T, Bräuninger A, Luger T, Schiller M, Sunderkötter C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Uveal melanomas represent 3.1% of all melanomas, with a high potential of metastatic disease of up to 50%, where the median survival time is 6 months. Though liver metastases dominate as the primary site for metastasis, the existence of primary skin metastases is still under discussion but has been reported in only a few studies. OBJECTIVES: We present two cases in which patients with a known history...
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