Genome sequencing of mucosal melanomas reveals that they are driven by distinct mechanisms from cutaneous melanoma.

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Mucosal melanoma displays distinct clinical and epidemiological features compared to cutaneous melanoma. Here we used whole genome and whole exome sequencing to characterize the somatic alterations and mutation spectra in the genomes of ten mucosal melanomas. We observed somatic mutation rates that are considerably lower than occur in sun-exposed cutaneous melanoma, but comparable to the rates seen in cancers not...

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• Esophageal Neoplasms
• Genital Neoplasms, Female
• Mucous Membrane
• Mutation Rate
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local