Molecular characterization of a selected cohort of patients affected by pulmonary metastases of malignant melanoma: Hints from BRAF, NRAS and EGFR evaluation.

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Published in Oncotarget on August 14, 2015

Authors

Alessandra Ulivieri1,2, Giuseppe Cardillo3, Liborio Manente1, Gregorino Paone4, Andrea Petricca Mancuso5, Leonardo Vigna5, Enrico Di Stasio6, Rita Gasbarra1, Salvatore Girlando7, Alvaro Leone1

Author Affiliations

1: Anatomic Pathology Unit, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospitals, Rome, Italy.
2: Laboratory of Biomedical research "Fondazione Niccolò Cusano per la Ricerca Medico-Scientifica" Niccolò Cusano University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
3: Thoracic Surgery Unit, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospitals, Rome, Italy.
4: Department of Respiratory Diseases, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospitals, Rome, Italy.
5: Department of Medical Oncology, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospitals, Rome, Italy.
6: Institute of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
7: Anatomic Pathology Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.

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