TERT gene amplification is associated with poor outcome in acral lentiginous melanoma

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Oct;71(4):839-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.035.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Female
  • Gene Amplification
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / genetics*
  • Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / mortality*
  • Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / pathology
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Male
  • Melanoma / genetics
  • Melanoma / mortality
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Sampling Studies
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Skin Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Survival Analysis
  • Telomerase / genetics*
  • Tissue Embedding

Substances

  • TERT protein, human
  • Telomerase