Frequency of somatic mutations in head and neck melanoma: A single-institution experience

Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2020 May;33(3):515-517. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12864. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

Authors

Emi Dika¹, Martina Lambertini¹, Annalisa Patrizi¹, Cosimo Misciali¹, Annalisa Altimari^{2

3}, Michelangelo Fiorentino^{2

3}, Barbara Melotti⁴, Barbara Corti^{2

3}, Mattia Riefolo^{2

3}, Giulia Veronesi¹

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Pathology Unit, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Prevention, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Laboratory of Oncologic Molecular Pathology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Medical Oncology Unit, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 31945266
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12864

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
GTP Phosphohydrolases / genetics
Head and Neck Neoplasms / genetics*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Male
Melanoma / genetics*
Membrane Proteins / genetics
Middle Aged
Mutation / genetics*
Mutation Rate*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics

Substances

Membrane Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit
BRAF protein, human
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
GTP Phosphohydrolases
NRAS protein, human