Performance comparison of three BRAF V600E detection methods in malignant melanoma and colorectal cancer specimens

Tumor Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1003-1013

  Løes, Inger Marie ^a,b   Immervoll, Heike ^c   Angelsen, Jon Helge ^a,b   Horn, Arild ^b   Geisler, Jürgen ^b,d,e   Busch, Christian ^a,f   Lønning, Per Eystein ^a,b   Knappskog, Stian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Ålesund Hospital   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Aleris Helse   (Norway)

Author keywords

BRAF mutations; Colorectal cancer; Detection methods; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; GENOMIC DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY VE1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BRAF PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHTMIX HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MELTING POINT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANGER SEQUENCING; TISSUE MICROARRAY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MUTATION; PRECISION MEDICINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF;

EID: 84925483472     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2711-5     Document Type: Article

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