Chromothripsis and focal copy number alterations determine poor outcome in malignant melanoma
Genetic changes during tumorigenesis are usually acquired sequentially. However, a recent study showed that in 2% to 3% of all cancers a single catastrophic event, termed chromothripsis, can lead to massive genomic rearrangements confined to one or a few chromosomes. To explore whether the degree of...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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March 2013
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Cancer research
Year: 2013, Volume: 73, Issue: 5, Pages: 1454-1460 |
| ISSN: | 1538-7445 |
| DOI: | 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-0928 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-0928 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/73/5/1454 |
| Author Notes: | Daniela Hirsch, Ralf Kemmerling, Sean Davis, Jordi Camps, Paul S. Meltzer, Thomas Ried, and Timo Gaiser |
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