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The value of Nm23 expression as an independent prognostic indicator in primary thick melanoma
Author(s) -
Holmes Susan C.,
MacKie Rona M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1996.tb01308.x
Subject(s) - melanoma , value (mathematics) , expression (computer science) , pathology , primary (astronomy) , medicine , immunohistochemistry , oncology , cancer research , statistics , computer science , mathematics , physics , astronomy , programming language
Whilst tumour thickness is of great value in predicting prognosis for groups of patients in different categories, it is of less value for individual patients. It has been proposed that expression of the nm23 gene, a putative tumour suppressor gene, is associated with improved outcome in a number of human neoplasms including malignant melanoma. We assessed nm23 expression in 22 patients who had primary melanomas > 3mm thick. Ten have survived to date and 12 died of melanoma. Using immunohistochemical methods, we found no significant differences in gene expression between the two groups.