The clinicopathological and gene expression patterns associated with ulceration of primary melanoma.

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Published in Pigment Cell Melanoma Res on October 01, 2014

Authors

Rosalyn Jewell1, Faye Elliott, Jonathan Laye, Jérémie Nsengimana, John Davies, Christy Walker, Caroline Conway, Angana Mitra, Mark Harland, Martin G Cook, Andy Boon, Sarah Storr, Sabreena Safuan, Stewart G Martin, Karin Jirström, Håkan Olsson, Christian Ingvar, Martin Lauss, Tim Bishop, Göran Jönsson, Julia Newton-Bishop

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

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