Targeted next-generation sequencing reveals high frequency of mutations in epigenetic regulators across treatment-naïve patient melanomas.

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Published in Clin Epigenetics on June 09, 2015

Authors

Jonathan J Lee1, Lynette M Sholl1, Neal I Lindeman1, Scott R Granter1, Alvaro C Laga1, Priyanka Shivdasani1, Gary Chin1, Jason J Luke2, Patrick A Ott2, F Stephen Hodi2, Martin C Mihm2, Jennifer Y Lin2, Andrew E Werchniak2, Harley A Haynes2, Nancy Bailey2, Robert Liu1, George F Murphy1, Christine G Lian1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, EBRC Suite 401, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
2: Melanoma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215-5450 USA.

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