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Intratumoral genetic heterogeneity in metastatic melanoma is accompanied by variation in malignant behaviors.
BMC medical genomics - 11 Oct 2013
Anaka Matthew, Hudson Christopher, Lo Pu-Han, Do Hongdo, Caballero Otavia L, Davis Ian D, Dobrovic Alexander, Cebon Jonathan, Behren Andreas
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BACKGROUND: Intratumoral heterogeneity is a major obstacle for the treatment of cancer, as the presence of even minor populations that are insensitive to therapy can lead to disease relapse. Increased clonal diversity has been correlated with a poor prognosis for cancer patients, and we therefore examined genetic, transcriptional, and functional diversity in metastatic melanoma. METHODS: Amplicon sequencing and...
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