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Prospective immunohistochemical analysis of BRAF V600E mutation in melanoma.
Human pathology - 1 Feb 2015
Thiel Alexandra, Moza Monica, Kytölä Soili, Orpana Arto, Jahkola Tiina, Hernberg Micaela, Virolainen Susanna, Ristimäki Ari
Abstract excerpt
The v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) V600E mutation is the most common activating genetic alteration of this oncogene and a predictive marker for the therapeutic use of BRAF inhibitors in melanoma. Our aim was to evaluate the performance of BRAF V600E mutation-specific monoclonal antibody (VE1) in a prospective diagnostic setting of melanoma patients (n = 102). All 41 cases (40.2%) that...
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