Malignant melanoma: relationship of the human leukocyte antigen class II gene DQB1*0301 to disease recurrence in American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage I or II.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960815)78:4<758::AID-CNCR11>3.0.CO;2-U

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Malignant melanoma: relationship of the human leukocyte antigen class II gene DQB1*0301 to disease recurrence in American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage I or II.

Cancer - 15 Aug 1996

Lee J E, Lu M, Mansfield P F, Platsoucas C D, Reveille J D, Ross M I

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BACKGROUND: Melanoma patients who carry the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class II allele DQB1*0301 have an increased frequency of metastases at presentation compared with those lacking HLA-DQB1*0301. This study was designed to determine whether HLA-DQB1*0301 is associated with an increased risk of recurrence in melanoma patients presenting with American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Stage I or II (localized)...

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