Article
Germline determinants of clinical outcome of cutaneous melanoma.
Pigment cell & melanoma research - 1 Jan 2016
Vogelsang Matjaz, Wilson Melissa, Kirchhoff Tomas
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous melanoma (CM) is the most lethal form of skin cancer. Despite the constant increase in melanoma incidence, which is in part due to incremental advances in early diagnostic modalities, mortality rates have not improved over the last decade and for advanced stages remain steadily high. While conventional prognostic biomarkers currently in use find significant utility for predicting overall general...
Topics
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germ Cells
- Humans
- Melanoma
- Skin Neoplasms
- Translational Research, Biomedical
- Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant