Clinical significance of BRAF mutations in metastatic melanoma

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Chang, David Z ^a   Panageas, Katherine S ^a   Osman, Iman ^b   Polsky, David ^b   Busam, Klaus ^a   Chapman, Paul B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRAF mutation; Clinical significance; Metastatic melanoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; B RAF KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 18144409161     PISSN: 14795876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-2-46     Document Type: Article

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