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Association of BRAF V600E Status of Incident Melanoma and Risk for a Second Primary Malignancy: A Population-Based
Soogan C Lalla1, Anagha Bangalore Kumar1, Julia S Lehman1
1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Drs. Lalla and Brewer are from the Department of Dermatology, Dr. Bangalore Kumar is from the Department of Immunology, Dr. Lehman is from the Division of Anatomic Pathology, and Ms. Lohse is from the Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics.
Abstract:
Mutations of the BRAF oncogene occur in both melanomas and several other cancers. Our objective was to determine if mutant BRAF V600E expression in a population-based cohort of patients with melanoma was associated with the development of a second primary malignancy of any type. Using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, we retrospectively identified 380 patients aged 18 to 60 years who were diagnosed with an incident melanoma from 1970 through 2009. We reviewed individual medical records to identify second primary malignancies. We evaluated mutant BRAF V600E expression from available melanoma tissue specimens and assessed its association with the development of a second primary malignancy. BRAF V600E expression in melanomas is associated with an increased risk for basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
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