Analysis of the B-RAFV600E mutation in cutaneous melanoma patients with occupational sun exposure

Oncology Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1079-1082

  Candido, Saverio ^a   Rapisarda, Venerando ^a   Marconi, Andrea ^b   Malaponte, Grazia ^a   Bevelacqua, Valentina ^a   Gangemi, Pietro ^a   Scalisi, Aurora ^c   McCubrey, James A ^d   Maestro, Roberta ^e   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^f   Fenga, Concettina ^b   Libra, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c ASP Catania   (Italy)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

B RAFV600E; Melanoma; Occupational sun exposure

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; BRAF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B RAF GENE; BODY REGIONS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECREATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN MELANOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84896717760     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2014.2977     Document Type: Article

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