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Tumor homogeneity between primary and metastatic sites for BRAF status in metastatic melanoma determined by immunohistochemical and molecular testing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Boursault Lucile, Haddad Véronique, Vergier Béatrice, Cappellen David, Verdon Severine, Bellocq Jean-Pierre, Jouary Thomas, Merlio Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
BRAF inhibitors have demonstrated improvement of overall survival in patients with metastatic melanoma and BRAF(V600) mutations. In order to evaluate BRAF tumor heterogeneity between primary and metastatic site, we have evaluated the performance of immunohistochemistry (IHC) with an anti-BRAF(V60...
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