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Clinicopathologic findings and BRAF mutation in cutaneous melanoma in young adults.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 Jan 2014
Estrozi Bruna, Machado Juliana, Rodriguez Rubens, Bacchi Carlos E
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous melanoma in young patients is rare with increasing incidence. It is not clear whether the etiology and clinical outcome are similar to cutaneous melanoma in the elderly. Mutations in BRAF gene in patients with cutaneous melanoma, in general, range in frequency from 20% to 80%; however, the status and clinical significance of BRAF mutations in the young population have not been evaluated. We investigated...
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