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Genomic evolution of uveal melanoma arising in ocular melanocytosis.
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies - 1 Aug 2019
Durante Michael A, Field Matthew G, Sanchez Margaret I, Covington Kyle R, Decatur Christina L, Dubovy Sander R, Harbour J William
Abstract excerpt
Ocular melanocytosis is the most important predisposing condition for the eye cancer uveal melanoma (UM). Here, we present a patient who developed UM arising within ocular melanocytosis who was treated with enucleation (eye removal), which provided an invaluable opportunity to interrogate both the UM and adjacent uveal tissue containing the melanocytosis using whole-exome and deep-targeted sequencing. This...
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