Mutational Heterogeneity in Melanoma: An Inconvenient Truth

作者:Chang Gregory A; Polsky David*
来源:Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2015, 135(12): 2913-2918.
DOI:10.1038/jid.2015.351

摘要

Identification of oncogenic BRAF mutations in primary and metastatic melanomas supports a linear model of clonal evolution in cancer. Some mutational studies, however, have failed to identify BRAF mutations in metastatic tumors from patients with BRAF(mutant) primary melanomas. Using a combination of methods, Riveiro-Falkenbach et al. (2015) assert that technical issues, and not clonal heterogeneity, may explain prior discordant mutational results.

  • 出版日期2015-12