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Tumour mutation status and melanoma recurrence following a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy.
British journal of cancer - 1 May 2018
Adler Nikki R, Wolfe Rory, McArthur Grant A, Kelly John W, Haydon Andrew, McLean Catriona A, Mar Victoria J
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BACKGROUND: A proportion of patients develop recurrence following a tumour-negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). This study aimed to explore whether melanoma patients with BRAF or NRAS mutant tumours have an increased risk of developing disease recurrence following a negative SLNB compared to patients with wild-type tumours. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of melanoma patients at three tertiary referral...
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