Correlation of histopathological patterns in cutaneous melanoma with BRAF mutations Correlação de padrões histopatológicos de melanomas cutâneos com mutações BRAF

• Main Authors: Juliana Elizabeth Jung (Author), Jorge Eduardo Fouto Matias (Author), Norbert Blödorn-Schlicht (Author), Thomas M. Falk (Author), Almut Böer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Mutations on BRAF gene located on chromosome 7q are the most frequently found in cutaneous melanomas (60%-80%). The only study correlating histopathological patterns of cutaneous melanomas with the presence of BRAF mutations was undertaken by Viros et al. in 2008. The authors observed...