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Female genitourinary tract melanoma: mutation analysis with clinicopathologic correlation: a single-institution experience.
Melanoma research - 1 Dec 2018
Saglam Ozlen, Naqvi Syeda M H, Zhang Yonghong, Mesa Tania, Teer Jamie K, Yoder Sean, Lee Jae, Messina Jane
Abstract excerpt
Female genitourinary tract melanoma (FGTM) is a rare and often-fatal form of mucosal melanoma. We describe our institutional experience with 55 cases of FGTM, 16 of which were evaluated with next-generation sequencing targeting 151 cancer-associated genes. Tumors tended to be thicker than conventional melanoma at presentation (median: 3.2 mm), were frequently ulcerated (50%), and characterized by incomplete...
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