Is immunohistochemistry of BRAF V600E useful as a screening tool and during progression disease of melanoma patients?

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Published in BMC Cancer on November 18, 2016

Authors

Laura Schirosi1, Sabino Strippoli2, Francesca Gaudio1, Giusi Graziano3, Ondina Popescu4, Michele Guida2, Giovanni Simone4, Anita Mangia5

Author Affiliations

1: Functional Biomorphology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124, Bari, Italy.
2: Medical Oncology Department, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124, Bari, Italy.
3: Scientific Direction, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124, Bari, Italy.
4: Pathology Department, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124, Bari, Italy.
5: Functional Biomorphology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124, Bari, Italy. a.mangia@oncologico.bari.it.

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