Open AccessHuman Papilloma Virus in Melanoma Biopsy Specimens and Its Relation to Melanoma Progression
Author(s) -
Didier Dréau,
Cathy Culberson,
Sharon B. Wyatt,
Walter D. Holder
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200005000-00006
Subject(s) - melanoma , medicine , biopsy , pathology , hmb 45 , immunohistochemistry , cancer research
To evaluate melanoma biopsy specimens for human papilloma virus (HPV) and determine the relation between the presence of HPV, in vitro growth, and clinical progression of melanoma in the patients from whom the biopsy specimens were derived.