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SUBMITTER: Zager JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800282 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zager Jonathan S JS Gastman Brian R BR Leachman Sancy S Gonzalez Rene C RC Fleming Martin D MD Ferris Laura K LK Ho Jonhan J Miller Alexander R AR Cook Robert W RW Covington Kyle R KR Meldi-Plasseraud Kristen K Middlebrook Brooke B Kaminester Lewis H LH Greisinger Anthony A Estrada Sarah I SI Pariser David M DM Cranmer Lee D LD Messina Jane L JL Vetto John T JT Wayne Jeffrey D JD Delman Keith A KA Lawson David H DH Gerami Pedram P
BMC cancer 20180205 1
<h4>Background</h4>The heterogeneous behavior of patients with melanoma makes prognostication challenging. To address this, a gene expression profile (GEP) test to predict metastatic risk was previously developed. This study evaluates the GEP's prognostic accuracy in an independent cohort of cutaneous melanoma patients.<h4>Methods</h4>This multi-center study analyzed primary melanoma tumors from 523 patients, using the GEP to classify patients as Class 1 (low risk) and Class 2 (high risk). Molec ...[more]