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Chromosomal rearrangements in uveal melanoma: Chromothripsis.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Sept 2018
van Poppelen Natasha M, Yavuzyigitoglu Serdar, Smit Kyra N, Vaarwater Jolanda, Eussen Bert, Brands Tom, Paridaens Dion, Kiliç Emine, de Klein Annelies
Abstract excerpt
Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in the Western world. Recurrent mutations in GNAQ, GNA11, CYSLTR2, PLCB4, BAP1, EIF1AX, and SF3B1 are described as well as non-random chromosomal aberrations. Chromothripsis is a rare event in which chromosomes are shattered and rearranged and has been reported in a variety of cancers including UM. SNP arrays of 249 UM from patients who...
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