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A novel KRAS mutation in metastasic conjunctival melanoma: a case report and literature review.
Melanoma research - 1 Apr 2018
Del Carpio Huerta Luis P, Mas Castells Maria, Anguera Palacios Georgia, Sullivan Ivana, Gonzalez Vidal Alan, Majem Tarruella Margarita
Abstract excerpt
Conjunctival melanoma is a rare disease, and little is known about its molecular background. Here, we present the case of a 48-year-old patient with conjunctival melanoma and metachronic lymph node and skin metastasis with KRAS p.K117Y mutation in exon 4 in all the lesions. The cancer genome interpreter predicted this mutation to have driver function. To our knowledge, this is the first time this mutation is...
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