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Robert West

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  • KIT gene mutations and copy number in melanoma subtypes.

    Beadling C, Jacobson-Dunlop E, Hodi FS, Le C, Warrick A, Patterson J, Town A, Harlow A, Cruz F, Azar S, Rubin BP, Muller S, West R, Heinrich MC, Corless CL. Clin Cancer Res. 2008; 14 (21): 6821-8

    We recently identified a KIT exon 11 mutation in an anorectal melanoma of a patient who had an excellent response to treatment with imatinib. To determine the frequency of KIT mutations across melanoma subtypes, we surveyed a large series of tumors.

    PubMedID: 18980976

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