Monitoring response to therapy in melanoma by quantifying circulating tumour DNA with droplet digital PCR for BRAF and NRAS mutations.

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Published in Sci Rep on June 22, 2015

Authors

Simon Chang-Hao Tsao1, Jonathan Weiss2, Christopher Hudson3, Christopher Christophi4, Jonathan Cebon5, Andreas Behren5, Alexander Dobrovic5

Author Affiliations

1: 1] Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia [2] Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health. Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
2: Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
3: 1] Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia [2] School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
4: Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health. Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
5: 1] Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia [2] Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia [3] School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.

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